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 of the weeds around them.

from Lewis

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

“You-”

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

it anymore,

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

and spread out, searching for Lewis and Josephine

happened, but when he rushed back to the homestead, all he found

barging into the room

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

no sign of him anywhere, even after having

gazed at the empty room and took

Seth had escaped!

time to worry about Seth’s whereabouts. He still had to find Lewis.

cliffs were predominantly

undoubtedly, an excellent place for

Josephine and Lewis might not have lost their lives if they’d

Josephine jolted awake multiple times

woolen coat, even without getting drenched,

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most of the night. It wasn’t until the latter half of the night that

forced her eyes open and saw a

upward, gliding from his chest to his jaw, taking in the sight of his tightly pursed lips and the dancing firelight that cast. flickering shadows across his

her eyes fell upon a blazing fire, predominantly fueled by fresh twigs with only a few dry ones scattered among them.

attempting to

the hand on

“Don’t move.”

that neither of them had their clothes on. There was

branches he could find, forming a crude, makeshift screen on the side. One side of it was being dried by the heat from

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

matter how high Lewis’ body temperature was, she was still shivering

the fire flared brighter, its glow illuminating the entirety of the

branch onto the ground

her own, as if they were

while, Lewis spoke.

to open her mouth, but she didn’t know what else

his eyes, his stance emitting a low hum of danger.

ball and