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

water and weakly sat

the afternoon, so she leaned her head on her

phone’s notification ringtone

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

at the time. It was 5.30

off. Then, she hailed a cab and headed for the

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

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

remembered Josephine well because she couldn’t speak. She looked

a referral for Josephine to get some examinations done before they

examination, the doctor read the report with a solemn face.

inflammation, but this time, it’s cervicitis. Did you take

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

follow-ups regularly. Take your medicine as prescribed if you don’t want to develop cancer. Abstain from

Although it was embarrassing to hear such

took the medication from the doctor, and went to the infusion room. Familiar with the procedures, she handed

in need of infusion that night, but most came with companions.

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

together and averted her gaze.

from Quintin. Josephine read

Lewis attending a

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 came in right after. “But two of the dogs in my shelter are expecting. I’ll give you two

“I must watch out for them after this, or

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

not

time and returned to the first question, “Where are

too close to him, afraid that Lewis would lose his reasoning again

dared not provoke Lewis again.

deep breath, locked her phone screen, and put it back into her

already 10 pm when the infusion was completed. Josephine came to Mrs. Jinkin’s ward and gently knocked. There was no response, so she cracked open the door and peeked through the

the bed was empty. Horrified, she flung open the

hands and feet turning cold. Her thoughts ran wild-what could have happened to