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

some water and

had nothing to do in the afternoon, so she leaned her

notification ringtone woke her

and saw it was a message from Lewis. He asked her to go home first without giving

looked at the time. It

she hailed a cab and headed

While she was there, she could drop by and

was in luck at the hospital as the

speak. She looked through Josephine’s medical records, and

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

doctor read the report with a solemn

having another inflammation, but this time, it’s cervicitis.

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

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 do so.”

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

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

but most came with

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

lips together and averted

text from Quintin.

showing Sierra and Lewis attending a gathering arm in arm. Josephine glanced at it, the ache in her heart no

and several people dropped by to claim their pets. The owner of that husky you liked claimed it too.”

them after this, or they’ll get themselves pregnant again.”

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

not to reply.

for some time and returned to the

Lewis would lose his

dared not provoke

phone screen, and

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

her hands and feet turning cold. Her thoughts ran wild-what could have happened to Mrs. Jinkins when she was absent? Was Patrick here again?