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

emanating from Lewis dissipated along with the

his gaze pinned on her face. Even though he couldn’t make out her features

“You-”

his other hand, as

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

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

Lewis and Josephine

the homestead, all he found were the

frowned before barging into

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

within the building but found no sign of him anywhere, even

room

Seth had escaped!

time to worry about Seth’s

the cliffs were predominantly filled with water, resembling a colossal white snake winding its way around the

an excellent place for

meant that Josephine and Lewis might not have lost their lives if they’d landed in the water.

was particularly long. Josephine jolted awake multiple times in

with nothing but a woolen coat, even without getting drenched, would result in catching

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

saw a man’s chest in front of

gliding from his chest to his jaw, taking in the sight of his tightly

her eyes fell upon a blazing fire, predominantly fueled by fresh twigs with only a few

attempting to make the

hand on her shoulders pushed

“Don’t move.”

she looked down again, she realized that neither of them had their clothes on. There was

been propped up with the branches he could find, forming a crude, makeshift screen on the side. One side of it was being dried by the heat from the fire, and the other shielded them from the

small, not more than twenty feet in total. The few clothes they had on them sealed the entrance

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

flared brighter, its glow illuminating

onto the

into her own, as if they were trying to uncover

a long while, Lewis spoke. “You

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

that?” He narrowed his eyes, his stance emitting a

into a ball and struggled to voice