What Separates Me and You

Chapter 143 She’s Nothing To Him

Josephine’s gaze flickered as she turned to look at the door. The door was shut tight, with no sign of anyone coming in or leaving recently.

A look of bewilderment crossed her face. She wondered if she was still somehow in her dreams.

She even wondered if she had been hallucinating.

She stood up from the ground. After sitting on the cold, hard floor for too long, her legs were utterly numb. They buckled underneath her, and she fell back onto the couch immediately.

Josephine rubbed her calves. The tingling numbness in them was so unpleasant that she winced painfully.

Subsequently, as she moved the muscles in her cheek, the tightness on her face became more apparent. She was almost certain now that she hadn’t been dreaming or hallucinating.

Someone had indeed applied medication on her cheeks.

Could it be that there was someone else in here with her?

Before she could figure it out, the door was pushed open, and Seth walked into the room.

This time, he wore an off-white suit, which accentuated his tall and slender figure. His long, graceful legs were especially notable, almost on par with Lewis’ appearance.

Seth walked over to her side and looked down at her.

Josephine’s fingers tightened over the couch as she watched him anxiously.

After a while, he crouched beside her and unlocked the metal chains encircling her ankles.

“Go and cook.”

Josephine was stunned for a moment before slowly standing up, dragging her sore feet behind her as she walked outside.

The weather had cleared overnight, but the sky remained cloudy. Dark clouds loomed over the mountaintops, creating an ominous atmosphere, as though threatening to crash down and meld with the ground below, blurring the boundary between heaven and earth.

Josephine went to the kitchen to get a basket before picking vegetables from the backyard. As she was worried about it raining later, she gathered enough to last a whole day.

Then, with a large basket brimming with vegetables in her arms, she stumbled her way back to the main building. The soles of her shoes were caked with a thick layer of dirt. The ground was slick, so she ended up falling over a couple of times,

When she reached the side of the courtyard, she squatted down and scraped off the mud on her shoes with a branch.

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Seth stood by the door all this while, watching the figure squatting by the yard. The wool jacket she had on was overly long, with its trailing her sweeping along the ground as she

walked.

the dirt off her shoes, Josephine took her basket of vegetables to the kitchen and started bustling around her

and cutting the vegetables, and

the corner of her His eyes had a distant look, as if he was

eye.

direction. Immediately, Josephine

entered the kitchen.

just finished preparing their meal when she heard the sound of a car’s horn blaring from the outside. Her hands stilled, along with the motion of the pan

and hurried to the door. She clung

saw the black Maybach enter the courtyard, her grip tightened, and her

yard steadily. The door opened, and Lewis walked

the vehicle.

a dark outfit-a stark contrast to the light suit Seth wore. The light and the dark resided on opposing sides, divided by the vast expanse of the courtyard, like two

Lewis

his face. “I’ve been waiting for you

Instead, his gaze swept over

pursed her lips. He’d found her so easily, after all. Everything Seth had said was true.

known where she was all along. He was

What was she to him anyway? She wasn’t worth him sacrificing everything for-not his profit gains, career, or even life.

her gaze, and she silently retreated behind the

the kitchen. But before he could move, a hand shot out

slightly and looked at Seth, who was blocking his

scare her. Moreover, if you wanted to take her away, shouldn’t you at least

clouded with murderous intent. “Seth, while I still have the patience to deal with your nonsense, you better act wisely and get out of my way!”

“Oh, Lewis, you came here by yourself, and now you’re

“How about you make a

him for a while, his gaze searching, but he soon

his head toward

his lips, an unnatural gleam rippled in

looked toward the kitchen, his gaze never shifting from

out of the main building slowly. She stood by the door with her head bowed.

“Josephine, tell President Alvarez. Do you want to go

at her, his

for a long time.

Lewis raised his voice suddenly, a hint of threat in his

tone.

her a little.

with Seth or with Lewis. No matter whom she chose, the outcome would be

how she would forever remain the spare, the extra one who would never be selected…When she pondered how