What Separates Me and You

Chapter 174

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?”

you you didn’t have to pay heed to anyone else

She

I said in mind

to tug his sleeves, but he was indifferent.

forget his words deliberately. She just couldn’t remember, She had forgotten so

her memory was dwindling bit by bit, and she found it more

she held dear would occasionally be gone

herself, but there was

want this to happen.

It was deeply engraved in her. Even if she forgot everything, she would

her. He opened the

the rearview mirror, tears rolling down her cheeks. She wiped her tears and hurriedly

she sat on the floor, exhausted.

had forgotten where she put her

starting her search again. Finally, she found a

door and peered inside using the light

a pile

as she picked up the pieces of paper, struggling to identify the words. But it

hugged the box helplessly as she felt a lump in her throat-she

came out of the bathroom, he heard Josephine

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

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

the light. Eyes teary, Josephine looked up and saw Lewis standing before

bathrobe and looked down at her with his arms folded.

his icy gaze and slowly lowered hers. She got

hand

react, Lewis snatched the box away and hurled it

blew in, mercilessly sweeping the paper remnants into a chaotic

Her mind was blank as she didn’t know

intuitively wanted to pick them up, but Lewis

fury in

suffer so miserably?” Lewis stared into her teary eyes, and his temper flared as he

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