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 sat on her

afternoon, so she leaned her head on her

notification ringtone

was a message from Lewis.

looked at the time. It was

her things and clocked off. Then, she hailed a

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

the doctor was the one she

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

putting it in words and wrote down a referral for Josephine to get some

the doctor read the report with a

but this time, it’s cervicitis. Did you

shook her head. She couldn’t even recall when the doctor prescribed

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,

it was embarrassing to

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

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

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

pressed her lips together and averted her

received a text from Quintin.

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

you off 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 came in right after. “But two of the dogs in my shelter are

watch out for them after this,

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

not to

on for some time and returned to the first question,

Lewis would lose

really dared not provoke

screen, and put it back into

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

Her thoughts ran wild-what could have happened to Mrs. Jinkins when she was absent? Was Patrick