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.

aforementioned man returned to Styx Mansion the following night. When Josephine noticed him, she

her. Instead, he walked up the stairs briskly and came bounding down

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

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 the

room.

curled on the couch, her complexion as pale as a ghost. Nancy sat next to her while patting her shoulder in an attempt to comfort

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

in the middle of the living

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

wildly. “I-I don’t know

a phone from his pocket and swiping to the audio recorder app. Then, he started playing a recording.

you guys right now? Have

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

just to prevent you from going back on your word. Is there anything

she couldn’t help but wonder how on

had a feeling that a pair 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

Lewis entered Alvarez Manor, Daphne raised her head slowly to look

her savior because she immediately stood up

streaked past Derek’s eyes. He must have thought of something, seeing as he quickly approached Lewis as well. “Lewis, do you know about Daphne’s involvement in this incident?”

didn’t have the

brain cells would know that Daphine didn’t have a solid reason for carrying out the whole

guts.

have given her the orders from behind the

a sideway glance, laughter already bubbling from his lips. “Are you asking me this question just so I can sue you for

double-take because of what Lewis said.

before tugging on

fucking bitch! Give

as waves of sharp pain flared from her scalp.

to you, huh? How could

your words! You don’t have the

stepped forward to separate Daphne and Layla from each other.

you do this to Lily! I don’t mind sacrificing myself just to drag all of you to hell with me! I

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

her hurling curses and threats at