What Separates Me and You

Chapter 136 Lost Her Mind

Josephine closed the notebook before taking out another one.

That particular notebook was quite old, its pages already yellowed. The handwriting on the notebook was crooked and messy, and most of the words were starting to become blurry.

She flipped open that notebook and started reading through the pages.

She had jotted down those wishes when she was still a little girl. They only took up a few

pages, but all of them were already fulfilled.

For example, in the past, little Josephine wanted to go to the playground.

She wanted a cake and a big lollipop as her snacks. Of course, she wanted to watch cartoons while wearing a beautiful white dress and have butterfly hair clips adorn her hair.

Most importantly, she wanted to get married to Lewis.

That was the final wish written in the old notebook. After that, there weren’t any more wishes. Only blank, yellowed pages were left.

After getting married to Lewis, Josephine had no more wishes.

It was as if her story had come to a happy ending.

However, the story of her life had yet to end. Avery had once conveyed to Josephine that a life of tranquility awaited the main character in every movie or story after their grand finale. It was a life devoid of excitement, causing people to lose interest and disregard those characters.

That was why once Josephine’s wishes were fulfilled, Lewis never returned to her side.

Every day, she stayed in the empty mansion all by herself. She couldn’t look forward to embracing any interesting event in life, seeing as nothing of that sort would happen to her. Her life resembled a stagnant pool of water.

Josephine flipped to the last page of wishes.

She picked up her pen and started writing new wishes below her last childhood wish.

Time seemed to dissolve around Josephine as she realized it was already 3 am upon completion. Despite the growing exhaustion, she gazed at the list of wishes she had just penned. At that moment, she discovered an awakening within herself-she still harbored a multitude of desires and aspirations, experiences yet to be embraced in her lifetime.

After exhaling deeply, Josephine closed the old notebook. She took both notebooks to the storeroom and hid them there.

Lewis would never enter that room in his entire life, after all.

night. When Josephine noticed him, she stood up

he walked up the stairs briskly and

walked past her, he paused in his tracks just to

Lewis departed from the mansion once again. Josephine stared in the direction he had just left, her

Manor. Many people

room.

pale as a ghost. Nancy sat next to her while patting

with Layla, Lily’s birth mother, who also attended the gathering. In total, members from both families were in attendance.

seen squatting in the middle of

was the first one to speak up. “Shouldn’t you provide us with an

woman kept shaking her head wildly. “I-I don’t know anything! I don’t even know

sighed heavily before pulling a phone from his pocket and swiping

now? Have you left Elysium?”

stare at the phone

to us voluntarily. They recorded the entire phone conversation just to prevent you

the same time, she couldn’t help but wonder how on earth did things get to this point. How did Derek and his family manage to track down the kidnappers

of phantom hands were manipulating her every move the whole time. The mastermind was slowly pushing her toward the bottomless abyss that would definitely shatter her from the inside

Daphne raised her head slowly to

her savior because she immediately stood up

Derek’s eyes. He must have thought of something, seeing as he quickly approached Lewis as

he didn’t have the mood to

than two brain cells would know that Daphine didn’t have a solid reason for carrying out the whole plan, not to mention she didn’t

guts.

her the orders from behind the scenes.

his lips. “Are you

a double-take because

and clutched fistfuls of Daphne’s hair before tugging on them harshly. She then started beating

fucking bitch! Give my

from her scalp. She reached out to

fucking bitch! Both you and your mother are filthy sluts! What the hell did Lily do to you, huh? How

words!

stepped forward to separate Daphne and

She wanted more than nothing to skin Daphne alive. at that moment. “You bitch! You all are fucking bitches! How dare you do this to Lily! I don’t mind sacrificing myself just to drag all of you to hell with me! I will avenge

down as she panted heavily. At the same time, she was frightened after hearing Layla’s threats. Hence, she screamed, “She’s gone

could still hear her hurling curses and threats at the Alvarez family from afar, which sent chills down their