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?”

me telling you you didn’t have to pay heed

her head. She didn’t. She truly forgot.

you won’t keep anything I said in mind anyway. You’ll only

to tug his sleeves, but he was indifferent.

his words deliberately. She just couldn’t remember, She

and she found it more difficult to remember those little things as

dear would occasionally be gone from her memory only to

but there was nothing

want this

was deeply engraved in her.

opened the

at his silhouette in the rearview mirror, tears rolling down her cheeks. She wiped her tears and

on the floor,

forgotten where she put her notebook.

sat on the floor for a while before getting up and starting her

peered inside using

pile

identify the words. But it was too difficult for her to make

as she felt a lump in her

out of the bathroom, he heard

room and saw Josephine sitting on the floor, hugging the

used to cry like this if Daphne spoiled her favorite toy. She

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

down at her with his

gaze and slowly lowered hers. She got up to put the box

a slender hand grabbed the box.

hurled it

of wind blew in, mercilessly sweeping the paper remnants into a chaotic frenzy, scattering them far and wide.

at the scene. Her mind was blank as she didn’t know how to react.

intuitively wanted to pick them up, but Lewis abruptly

could see the fury

stared into her teary eyes, and his temper flared as

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