What Separates Me and You

Chapter 145 You Broke His Heart

“You’re asking me?” Lewis’ expression was very unpleasant, as if he was on a killing spree.

Only then did Conrad look toward Seth and instantly regret his actions. A sense of unease consumed him as soon as his gaze fell upon Josephine embracing the other man.

What-what-what had he missed? It had just been two days.

How had Mrs. Alvarez moved on so quickly? Could Stockholm Syndrome strike this quickly?

Lewis eyed Josephine again. When he looked at her this time, his gaze was colder and more ruthless than it had ever been.

Finally, he got into the car and told Conrad before he left, “It’s up to you now.”

Having said that, Lewis drove out of the homestead, his car disappearing in the distance, as if he no longer wanted anything to do with Josephine.

Seth sneered, “See, he never would have chosen you.”

Josephine pushed him away and took a step back.

She knew it. Of course, she had known well before this. Seth’s words were nothing but another stab in her already wounded heart.

She supposed it was a mercy that it no longer hurt.

Conrad was at a loss. Lewis had said nothing more before he left. What was he supposed to do now?

Should he kill the two of them?

But if Lewis had wanted the two of them dead, he would have personally dealt with the matter himself before leaving. He never would have left it to Conrad.

Conrad thought about it for a long time before deciding to have someone tend to Seth’s wounds before bringing the two of them back down from the mountains.

Seth was sitting in the yard when Conrad had someone bandage his wounds. His injuries were not superficial, and it was troublesome to deal with. By the looks of it, Seth had a long road of recovery ahead of him.

Josephine stood by one side quietly. The resolute look on Lewis’ face replayed in her mind again and again as a sharp burst of pain built up behind her temples.

Maybe she was being delusional and greedy.

After all, she could have remained subservient and stayed in the mansion like a good pet. Lewis would have treated her well that way.

And yet, she insisted on rebelling and forcing him to make a choice like this.

She was indeed foolish beyond words.

But again, she was already dying. Was it really too much to hope for?

Josephine closed her eyes and felt the chilly mountain breeze on her face. The cold was so intense that it seeped into her pores. It was the kind of chill that reached her bones.

She hardly felt it, though. It was the coldness in her heart that weighed down on her heavily.

building up behind her

“Madam!”

Josephine away, but

control in his hands, he threatened, “Don’t you act recklessly, or we’ll all die here

the remote control in Seth’s hands, unsure how he

also realized why the president had left. There was never any solution to this

orders to him were loud and

killing Josephine yet, but if he were forced to,

what it would take to push the tide in his

act rashly. Things remained in a stalemate

of the homestead. In

of yours, why had he spent so much effort to come here only

shrugged. To be honest, he had no

went through the woods, it would take half a day, but if he took

he would never

the end of the day, he still chose to return to the meeting.

foot of the mountain, he stopped his car by the

mingling with the mountain breeze, only to

the

sadness etched deep furrows in his brows, casting a pensive aura around Lewis. His gaze remained fixed through the windshield,

mountain after mountain, no matter how far he peered. There was only one single-lane road through the mountainous range. As soon as one turned the corner, they would no longer

the bed. When she woke up again, night

moment, the originally quiet courtyard had become somewhat abuzz with

down at the countdown around her ankles. It was still

Fourteen hours left.

and saw Conrad squatting in the yard, smoking irritably.

tapped him on the

and extinguished his cigarette. “Madam, you’re awake.

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nothing to say to him, so she simply sat quietly.

happened. He couldn’t help but speak

pursed her lips and

to no one in particular. “This shareholders’ meeting is very important to President Alvarez. He has

in silence.

happen if the president had really given up everything

She stared

he wishes to do to the president, however he wishes to control

ends

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you?

well, but I can see

he even drove the entire night up here to find you. If he really didn’t care about you at all, there would be no reason for him to come.

yet, you-you broke his