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

drank some water and weakly sat on her chair.

she leaned

ringtone woke her up.

her phone and saw it was a message from Lewis.

at the time. It was

she hailed a

on painkiller pills. While she was there, she could drop by and visit Mrs. Jinkins.

at the hospital as the doctor was the one she had

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

it in words and wrote down a referral for Josephine to get some examinations done before they discussed

the doctor read the report with a

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

her lips together and

received a text from Quintin. Josephine read it.

attending a gathering arm in arm. Josephine glanced at it, the ache

people dropped by to claim their pets. The owner of that husky you liked claimed it too.” Another message came

for them after this, or

engrossed in the one-sided conversation. Josephine had barely typed a sentence when

not to reply.

on for some time and returned to the

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

dared not

her phone screen, and put it back into

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

bed was empty. Horrified, she flung open

have happened to Mrs. Jinkins when she was absent?