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

so she leaned her head on her

phone’s notification ringtone woke

a message from Lewis. He asked her

at the time. It was

off. Then, she hailed a

she could drop by and visit Mrs. Jinkins. It had been a while since

in luck at the hospital as the doctor was the one

well because she couldn’t speak. She looked through

it in words and wrote down a referral for

read the report with

cervicitis. Did you take

her lips into a thin line and shook her head. She couldn’t

continue. She promptly gave Josephine her medication and instructed, “You’re getting an infusion, and make sure to 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 can’t

shy. Although it was embarrassing

the doctor, and went to the infusion room. Familiar

of infusion that night, but most came with companions. She was the only one waiting

from her was a couple. The girl was undergoing an infusion while her boyfriend sat beside her, concerned. He massaged her belly for her from time to time.

pressed her lips together and averted

text from Quintin.

The text came with a photo showing Sierra and Lewis attending a gathering arm in arm. Josephine glanced at

last night.” He continued, “I distributed some flyers today, and several people dropped by to claim their pets. The owner of that husky you liked claimed it too.” Another message

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

streamed in continuously; Quintin was engrossed in the one-sided conversation. Josephine had barely typed a sentence when he fired a few more messages.

not

time and returned to

lose his reasoning again and treat Quintin like he treated Mrs. Jinkins and Avery.

dared not

phone screen, and put it

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

the bed was empty. Horrified, she flung open the

her hands and feet turning cold. Her thoughts ran wild-what could have happened to Mrs. Jinkins when she was