What Separates Me and You

Chapter 146 Die For Her

Josephine was completely stunned, and the bread in her hands fell to the ground.

She pinned her gaze on the car, as if doing so could explain why he was here, of all places. Conrad was equally taken aback. Incredulously, he fixed his gaze upon the car and the who emerged from it.

person

Lewis walked out of the car and slammed the door heavily. Without casting even a fleeting glance at Josephine, he briskly walked past her, his attention entirely focused on entering the building.

His coat carried the scent of gardenias, its fragrance wafting into her nostrils. It was then that she realized this was not a hallucination or a dream.

Lewis had actually come back for her.

Conrad wanted to follow Lewis into the building when the door slammed shut in front of him, obstructing the view of everyone else in the courtyard.

Josephine crouched in a daze, her eyes unusually wet.

Seth looked at the man in front of him and laughed. It was a genuine laugh-one of triumph.

Lewis stood in front of his bed, his stance radiating coldness. It was almost as if he’d brought the chill from the outside into the building. Immediately, the temperature inside dropped by a few degrees.

“It seems, after all, that President Alvarez is a man who says one thing and means another.”

Lewis yanked him up from the bed by his collar. “You will disarm the bomb on her foot first thing tomorrow.”

Seth choked, gesturing for Lewis to put him down.

Lewis released his grip, and Seth fell heavily back onto the bed. His head spun. After a while, when he’d returned to his senses, he replied, “Don’t worry. I always keep my promises.”

Lewis sneered in return and turned to sit across from him.

On the other side of the door, Conrad plastered his ears against it and attempted to eavesdrop on their conversation but to no avail.

He started to get anxious. “What now? If he stays the night, he would never be able to make it back to the shareholders’ meeting in time.”

Josephine looked at the firmly shut door and pressed her lips together tightly.

Conrad scratched his head anxiously and paced back and forth in front of the door.

Josephine’s mind was a mess. A turmoil of emotions overwhelmed her as she lowered her head and gazed at the countdown on her ankle. Time was ticking fast.

As night gradually began to fall, Conrad told her to go back and get some rest.

at his sleeve. Crouching down, she dipped her fingers into a puddle and wrote on the ground, “I need to

you need me to accompany you?”

thought into it. Josephine had to be scared out of her mind if she had to tell him when she

and walked

bathroom located

watched her silhouette disappear outside of the homestead. He couldn’t help but feel that something was wrong.

minutes had passed, but Josephine was not

did

wrong. Immediately, he rushed out of the homestead and checked the courtyard twice. He even checked the vegetable garden but

the homestead and checked everywhere she could possibly be, but there was no sign of Josephine at all.

“Fuck!”

smacked his forehead and yelled down

ran back

Sir! Mrs. Alvarez is

Lewis and Seth turned

narrowed his eyes, seemingly deep in

door and saw Conrad

hour ago, she told me she was going

left the homestead. She never

had already

men to stand guard in the homestead while everyone else spread out

Josephine walked for almost half an hour before she found a relatively high cliff.

see anything below other than complete darkness and the echoes of the gale in the valley. From where she stood, it sounded curiously like the howl of

weeds, about half as tall as her,

cliff with a lamp in her hand. The light from the lamp did not reach far. From a

the bomb chained to her ankle again. The countdown showed that

she remembered why she’d come. She was here to end it,

the lamp on the ground. This way, if Lewis came to find her after, he would know that she was already dead. He wouldn’t have to waste more

walked toward the edge of the cliff.

“Josephine!”

She stilled.

“Don’t!”

caught sight of a shadow moving swiftly in her direction among the shrubbery.

could sense the panic in him. After all, even his

as the man was quickly approaching her, she closed her eyes

“Josephine!”

too late. He reached out, but his hands

Alvarez!” Conrad, who was sprinting after Lewis, shouted, and his eyes widened in shock as he saw

Oh my fucking