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.

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

emanating from Lewis

on her face. Even though he couldn’t make out her features in the dark, his gaze remained locked on

“You-”

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

she could no longer resist it anymore, she let herself get carried away by the currents of her exhaustion.

time and having made sure that there was no movement below, Conrad stood and ordered those behind him. “Search for them

searching for Lewis and

everything that had happened, but when he rushed back to the homestead, all he found were the bodies of the two bodyguards he’d

frowned before barging into

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

the building but found no sign of him

empty room

Seth had escaped!

time to worry about Seth’s whereabouts. He

the cliffs were predominantly filled with

an excellent place for

have lost their lives if they’d landed in the water.

was particularly long. Josephine jolted awake multiple

but a woolen coat, even without getting drenched, would result in catching a cold within half an hour or less.

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and out of her trance-like state for most of the night. It wasn’t

eyes open and saw a man’s

taking in the sight of his tightly pursed lips and the dancing firelight that cast. flickering shadows

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

branches, attempting to

tried to sit up, but the hand on

“Don’t move.”

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

screen on the side. One side of it was being dried by the heat from the fire, and the

cave they were in was very small, not more than twenty feet in total. The few clothes they had on them

matter how high Lewis’ body temperature

the fire flared brighter, its glow illuminating the entirety

the ground

if they were trying to uncover her deepest

long while, Lewis spoke.

She attempted to open her mouth, but she didn’t know what else to say. Other than sounding

stance emitting a low

She curled into a ball and struggled to voice a single syllable.