Chapter 174 You Were Too Rash

Josephine was stunned. Then, she immediately opened the door, hopped in, and put on her

seatbelts.

Lewis didn’t say anything as he reversed the car.

The rain had stopped, but the weather was still depressing. Josephine’s hands and feet were icy and numb after being in the hotel all night.

The window was open. The breeze brought along a faint hint of alcohol.

Josephine was worried. Lewis drank alcohol, yet he was driving.

She dared not utter a sound. She glanced at him and looked elsewhere, the breeze slapping against her face.

Josephine slowly inched her finger toward the control and closed the window, keeping the frosty air out.

They reached Styx Mansion. After he parked the car, Josephine reached out and tugged his sleeve.

Lewis looked at her silently, but Josephine could feel the cold air he emitted.

She signed, “Do you want to bathe? I’ll get the bath ready.”

Lewis didn’t reply. He looked away from her and pulled out a cigarette. Then, emotionlessly, he asked, “You’d listen to everyone else except for me, huh?”

Josephine paused. She shook her head and tried to sign, but he wasn’t looking at her.

She stared at his side profile-he was upset. She opened her mouth and struggled to say, “I…w -was…worried…”

He listened to her without a word this time, but she didn’t know if he understood.

Shortly, he finished his cigarette and threw the butt out. Then, he glanced at her.

“Do you

Conrad?”

telling you you didn’t have to pay heed to anyone else besides me and

her head. She

“Well, you won’t keep anything I said in mind

She reached out to tug his sleeves, but he was indifferent.

to tell him she didn’t forget his words deliberately. She just couldn’t remember, She had forgotten so many

was dwindling bit by bit, and she found it more difficult to remember those little things as

memories she held dear would occasionally be gone from her

but there was

didn’t want this

her concern for him. It was deeply engraved in her. Even if she forgot everything, she would still

her. He opened the

tears and hurriedly got out of the car. She ran into the storage room and

on the floor,

she put her

while before getting up and starting her search

to the door and peered inside using the light

saw a pile of

fluttered as she picked up the pieces of paper, struggling to identify the words. But it was too difficult for her to make

helplessly as she felt a lump in her throat-she had forgotten who tore it into pieces.

out of the bathroom,

Josephine sitting on the floor, hugging the box and crying her heart out.

to cry like this if Daphne spoiled her favorite toy. She would hug the

looked up

and looked down at

his icy gaze and slowly lowered hers. She got

a slender hand grabbed the box.

could react, Lewis snatched the box away and hurled it

wind blew in, mercilessly sweeping the paper remnants

Her mind was blank as she didn’t know

them up, but Lewis abruptly grabbed her wrist and pulled

the fury

with me the reason you suffer so miserably?” Lewis stared into her teary eyes, and his temper flared as he

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