What Separates Me and You

Chapter 147 Let Me Hear Your Voice

Josephine gasped as she was dragged out of the water, coughing up water with every exhale.

The world spun even as she lay on the ground. She forced herself to open her vision was pitch-black.

eyes, but her

Someone was pounding her chest, salt water trickling uncontrollably from her mouth.

She didn’t know how much time had passed before the pressure in her chest built up rushed up her throat.

and

She coughed, expelling a large mouthful of water. Cold air rushed into her nose and her mouth at once. She could finally breathe smoothly again.

“Josephine, are you insane?

“Who said you could jump? Who gave you permission to fucking jump?!

“If you wanted to die so badly, why didn’t you tell me directly? I would have shot you earlier!”

Above her, a man’s voice erupted in a thunderous roar, brimming with a rage she had never witnessed before.

Josephine tried to make out the man’s features in her daze, but all she could see was darkness.

Above her, she felt water droplets dripping continuously onto her face and into her mixing with the tears that were streaming down her face.

eyes,

She raised her hand and let her senses guide her as she touched his cheek.

“Lew-Lew-”

She forced a syllable out of her throat. She had never spoken before and couldn’t voice the rest of the syllables. After trying for what seemed like an eternity, she could still only utter that one syllable despite her efforts.

The man was clearly stunned.

“What did you say?”

Josephine opened her mouth. Her breath stuck in her throat, and the sounds she uttered were completely at odds with the unfamiliar motions of her lips and tongue.

“Lou-ie-” She finally squeezed out two simple and awkward syllables after struggling intensely.

quiet instantly, save for the distant wind and the rustle of

from Lewis dissipated

face. Even though he couldn’t make out her features

“You-”

her hand and touched her cheek with his other hand, as if trying to

longer resist it anymore, she let herself get

there was no movement below, Conrad stood and ordered those behind him. “Search for them below! We must find

and spread out, searching for Lewis and Josephine on the

to the homestead, all he found were the bodies

barging into the room

be bedbound from his extensive injuries was nowhere to be found, and the building was

found no sign of him anywhere, even after having searched almost everywhere in the

room and took a step

Seth had escaped!

about Seth’s whereabouts. He still

cliffs were predominantly filled with water, resembling a colossal white

excellent place for

might not have lost their lives if they’d landed in the water.

night was particularly long. Josephine jolted awake multiple times

moonless nights like these, merely standing in the valley with nothing but a woolen coat, even without getting drenched, would result in catching a

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state for most of the night. It wasn’t until the latter

eyes open and saw a

and raised her head slowly. Her gaze traveled upward, gliding from his chest to his jaw, taking in the sight of his tightly pursed lips and the

a blazing fire, predominantly fueled by fresh twigs with only a few dry ones scattered among them. The fire appeared relatively small, emanating

attempting to make the fire burn

the hand

“Don’t move.”

realized that neither of them had their clothes on. There was only

a crude, makeshift screen on the side. One side of it

in total. The few clothes they had on them sealed the entrance tightly, barely letting

body temperature was, she was still shivering from

flared brighter, its glow illuminating the entirety

branch onto the ground

into her own, as if they were trying to uncover her

spoke. “You can speak now?”

she didn’t know what else to say. Other than sounding a few syllables, she couldn’t exactly

eyes, his stance

curled into a ball and struggled to voice