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.

the following night. When Josephine noticed him, she stood up immediately.

he walked up the stairs briskly and came bounding down the stairs a short

her, he paused in his tracks just to talk to her. “Don’t go

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

at Alvarez Manor. Many people were already present in

room.

curled on the couch, her complexion as pale as a ghost. Nancy sat next to her while patting her

birth mother, who also attended the gathering. In total, members from both families

be seen squatting in the middle of the living

to speak up. “Shouldn’t you provide us with an

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

and swiping to the audio recorder app. Then,

right now? Have you left Elysium?”

voice drifted out of the phone, Daphne’s complexion became ashen. She could only stare at the phone blankly while listening to the recorded

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

head while stammering incomprehensive words. At the same time, she couldn’t help but wonder how on earth did things get to this point. How did

were manipulating her every move the whole time. The mastermind was slowly pushing her toward the bottomless abyss that would definitely

Manor, Daphne raised her head slowly to look at

seemed to regard him as her savior because she immediately stood up from

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

with his question since he didn’t have the

solid

guts.

the orders from

you

a double-take because of what

Daphne’s hair before tugging

fucking bitch! Give

sharp pain flared from her scalp. She reached

the hell did Lily do to you, huh? How could you be so cruel to her? I’ll

words! You don’t have the right to do whatever you want here! All of you, drag

housekeepers stepped forward to separate Daphne

filled with brutal rage. 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 my

the same time, she was frightened after hearing Layla’s threats. Hence, she screamed, “She’s gone crazy! Throw her out of the mansion right now!”

her hurling curses and threats at