What Separates Me and You

Chapter 170 Please Practice Safer Ways

Goosebumps crawled across Sierra’s scalp. She tensed up, fixating her gaze on Josephine as her facial expression shifted unpredictably.

After a while, she turned and beamed at Lewis. “It was a slip of the tongue. You know I don’t mean it.”

Lewis looked at her, expressionless. He said warningly, “There’s a difference between being careless and downright foolish.”

Sierra’s smile froze. Lewis’ words were hurtful.

“Are you criticizing me?” asked Sierra in disbelief. Was Lewis actually telling her off?

“I’m not criticizing you. I’m merely reminding you.”

Sierra’s eyelids twitched. She and Lewis had always been casual in their everyday conversations, but that didn’t mean he could embarrass her in Josephine’s presence.

She glared at Lewis and pouted as she left, her heels clicking against the floor.

After Sierra left, Lewis glanced at Josephine.

Josephine was calm. She wasn’t gleeful just because Lewis reprimanded Sierra; that was how they flirted with each other. She would have been thinking too highly of herself if she had thought Lewis was siding with her.

After all, she had flattered herself countless times before, and Lewis proved her wrong each time.

There wouldn’t be room for imagination when there’s no anticipation whatsoever.

His words and actions wouldn’t hurt her in any way, too.

Josephine handed him the documents she held.

Lewis stared at her for a while before taking the documents and leaving.

Josephine’s belly started aching again. She propped herself against the table, waiting for the

subside. Then, she drank some water and weakly

nothing to do in the afternoon, so she leaned her

notification ringtone woke her up.

up her phone and saw it was a message from Lewis. He asked her to go home first

at the time. It was 5.30

packed her things and clocked off. Then, she hailed a cab and

was there, she could drop by and visit Mrs. Jinkins. It had been a while since she met

in luck at the hospital as the doctor was the one she

remembered Josephine well because she couldn’t speak. She looked through Josephine’s medical records, and

down a referral for Josephine to get some examinations done before

the examination, the doctor read the report

it’s cervicitis. Did you take the medicine I

into a thin line and shook her head. She couldn’t even recall when the doctor prescribed any medications

come for your follow-ups regularly. Take your medicine as prescribed if you don’t want to develop cancer. Abstain from intimate activities, and please practice safer ways if you really

had been here too frequent to feel shy. Although it was embarrassing to hear such advice, she didn’t

and went to the infusion room. Familiar with the procedures, she handed over the referral form and stood in

many patients in need of infusion that night, but most came with

was undergoing an infusion while her boyfriend sat beside her, concerned. He massaged her belly

together and averted

received a text from Quintin. Josephine read

your brother again.” The text came with a photo showing Sierra and Lewis attending a gathering arm in arm. Josephine glanced

by to claim their pets. The owner of that husky you liked claimed

“I must watch out for them after this, or they’ll

continuously; Quintin was engrossed in the one-sided conversation. Josephine had barely typed

not to

for some time and returned to

reluctant to be too close to him, afraid that Lewis would lose his reasoning again and treat Quintin like he treated Mrs. Jinkins

dared not provoke Lewis

locked her phone screen, and put

infusion was completed. Josephine came to Mrs. Jinkin’s ward and gently knocked. There was no response, so she cracked open the door

the bed was empty. Horrified, she flung open the door.

thoughts ran wild-what could have happened to Mrs. Jinkins