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.

down, she dipped her fingers into a puddle and wrote on the ground,

you need me to

to be scared out of her mind if she had to tell him when she was going to the bathroom

up, and walked out of the

located outside of

Josephine had already left with a lamp. Conrad watched her silhouette disappear outside of the homestead. He couldn’t help

passed, but Josephine was not back

later, Josephine did not return either.

something was indeed wrong. Immediately, he rushed out of the homestead and checked the courtyard twice. He even checked the vegetable garden but found no trace nor clue of

a short distance from the homestead and checked everywhere she could possibly be, but

“Fuck!”

smacked his forehead and yelled down the

that Josephine couldn’t speak, he immediately ran back to the homestead and pounded on

Mrs.

and Seth turned upon

narrowed his eyes, seemingly deep

and saw Conrad standing there

“I-I don’t-I don’t know. Half an hour ago, she told

the homestead. She never

had

guard in the homestead while everyone else spread out to search for Josephine.

almost half an hour before she found a relatively

darkness and the echoes of the gale in the valley. From where she stood, it sounded curiously like the howl of a

weeds, about half as tall as her, rustling in the wind.

a lamp in her hand. The light from the lamp did not reach far. From a distance away, she looked like a glowing pearl hidden among the shrubs.

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

for what felt like decades before she remembered why she’d come. She was here

would know that she was already dead. He wouldn’t have to waste

toward the edge of

“Josephine!”

She stilled.

“Don’t!”

of a shadow moving swiftly in her

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

man was quickly approaching her, she closed her eyes and hurled

“Josephine!”

a step too late. He reached out, but

after Lewis, shouted, and his eyes widened in shock

Oh my