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.

moment Josephine noticed him looking at her,

could feel her heart pounding rapidly behind her ribcage. Her complexion, initially pale, now took on an even more

had overheard the entirety of Lewis and Daphne’s

mind at that time She felt that the man she had spent many years

to finish school each day. The memory of him in a clean white shirt lingered in her mind, and his smile mirrored the pristine cleanliness and purity

Lewis change over the years, or had he been concealing his true self the

right up. She clutched her head, feeling as if the blinding pain was about to overwhelm her senses.

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

down and reached out to caress her cheek.

Josephine avoided his hand, clearly frightened of

a bloodthirsty monster.

hand froze in mid-air as a result. He

his

he commanded.

terror flashing in her eyes. At the same time, she couldn’t help but back away from him continuously.

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

only support herself with one hand on

only raise her head to look at Lewis. Her eyes

herself from him, which was something that he had never seen her do

question. “I’m asking you

but she could not avoid Lewis’ gaze. Hence, she could only look down at his collar.

her a glimpse of

me, Josephine.”

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

me? Why are you afraid of

to detect even the slightest

you?” He continued to bombard Josephine with questions without any regard for her condition. “Tell me, what did I do to you to make you fear me this

questions. She was so frightened of him that even

he not done enough to her?

anything to her as long as he

time. He increased the force in his grip, causing so much pain to Josephine

flashed while thunder boomed outside the mansion. The bright lightning could be seen flashing outside a

can’t you speak?”

monologuing the whole time, seeing as Josephine could not respond to him.

right. Why couldn’t she

fact that she couldn’t

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

crazy just by spending too much time with a

closed his eyes before snapping them open two seconds later. Just

that threatened

his arms. This time, his tone was tinged

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