What Separates Me and You

Chapter 130 Lies

Daphne was shell-shocked for a while before finally realizing the meaning behind Lewis’ suggestion.

“You want me to leave the country?”

“Take your husband and son along with you on an overseas trip. That way, you won’t drive yourself crazy with your paranoia,” Lewis patiently advised while acting as Daphne’s caring older brother.

It was as if Daphne merely had a nightmare and was just overthinking everything.

When she heard about the solution that involved her going on a vacation with Seth and Bambam, she was quickly convinced that it was the perfect solution for her.

She did love Seth to the point that she was willing to do anything for him. After all, her goal was to live happily ever after with him and Bambam as a family of three.

“W-Will Seth want to leave with me, though?”

“You’ll have to convince him yourself. Then again, there’s nothing left for him to yearn for in this country. Why wouldn’t he agree to this suggestion?”

Daphne frowned slightly. Lewis was right; Seth was an orphan, so she and Bambam were the only family he had left in this world. Why wouldn’t he want to leave with them?

That was unless he had other plans that she didn’t know of.

Daphne wasn’t confident at all because she knew very well that Seth didn’t care about her.

The reason why he married her wasn’t out of love.

However, she didn’t dare to admit that reason in front of Lewis. Otherwise, the latter would never let her off.

Daphne gradually calmed down at some point. She bowed her head silently for a moment.

“Alright. I’ll talk to him later.”

“Sure.”

The woman raised her head to look at Lewis, noticing the faint smile curled on his lips. He was still the same older brother she knew, but he seemed a little different at the same time.

The man sitting beside her evoked a sense of familiarity and unfamiliarity.

Daphne felt an inexplicable sense of uneasiness stemming from her heart.

She stood up while forcing herself to act as normal as she could. After taking a deep breath, she left the mansion quickly.

Lewis watched Daphne leave before gazing at the burning cigarette between his fingers. Then, he leaned forward and threw it into a glass of water.

A faint sizzling sound echoed from the glass as the cigarette sank to the depths before slowly rising to the surface.

Intuiting a presence, Lewis tilted his head upward ever so slightly, his glance swiftly shifting towards the staircase. He ended up making eye contact with Josephine.

looking at

pounding rapidly behind her ribcage. Her complexion, initially pale, now took on an even more pronounced hue of white.

entirety of Lewis and Daphne’s

at that time She felt that the man she had spent many years with was starting to morph into an unfamiliar stranger.

would patiently wait for her to finish school each day. The memory of him

he been concealing his

could feel another headache coming right up. She clutched her head, feeling as if the blinding pain was about to overwhelm her senses.

shoes appeared before her vision. Stunned, Josephine pursed her lips before raising her head slowly Naturally, she saw Lewis standing right in front of her.

reached

Josephine avoided his hand, clearly frightened of him. To her, he was

a bloodthirsty monster.

as a result. He

across his eyes.

here,” he

in her eyes. At

grabbed Josephine’s wrist and pulled her to his side. “Why are you avoiding me?”

on the ground. She was

so she could only raise her head to look at Lewis. Her eyes still held their

sparkle, but Lewis could still see through her attempts to distance herself from him, which was something that he had never seen her

“I’m asking you a question here. Why are

not avoid Lewis’ gaze. Hence, she could

was slightly open, allowing her a glimpse of

at me, Josephine.”

nervously chewed on her bottom lip while gradually lifting her gaze to meet Lewis ‘. In that instant, as she locked eyes with him, she discerned dangerous and

you afraid of me? Why are you afraid of me?”

toward Josephine, hoping to detect even the slightest

any regard for her condition. “Tell me, what did I do

upon hearing Lewis’ accusatory questions. She was so frightened of him that

he not done enough to

didn’t do anything to her as long

this time. He increased the force in his grip, causing so much pain to Josephine that she had no choice

bright lightning could be seen flashing outside a nearby window. Its intense light stung Josephine’s eyes so

you speak?”

had been monologuing the whole time, seeing as Josephine could not

right. Why couldn’t she

the fact that she couldn’t

if she could do that from the start. The world wouldn’t have alienated her, and Lewis wouldn’t hate her for her inability

crazy just by spending too much time with a mute like her.

eyes before snapping them open two seconds later. Just like

suppress the flames of rage that threatened to burn him

This time, his tone was tinged with

lips tightly while listening to the rhythm of his heartbeat that echoed from his chest. Finally, tears started rolling