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?”

have to pay heed to anyone

She

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

up. She reached out to tug his sleeves, but he

him she didn’t forget his words deliberately. She

she found

would occasionally be gone from her memory only to reemerge

was nothing she

didn’t want this to happen.

remained in her memory was her concern for him. It was deeply

the door, got

her cheeks. She wiped her tears and hurriedly got out of the car. She ran into the storage room and rummaged through

she sat on the floor,

forgotten where she put

while before getting up and starting her search again. Finally, she found a box

door and peered inside

a pile of torn-up papers.

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

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

out of the bathroom, he heard

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

were young, she used to cry like this if Daphne spoiled

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

champagne bathrobe and looked down at her with his arms folded.

hers. She got up

hand grabbed the

Lewis snatched the box away and hurled it aside. The box fell to the floor with

mercilessly sweeping the paper remnants into a chaotic frenzy, scattering

was blank as

pick them up, but Lewis abruptly grabbed her wrist and

the fury in

you suffer so miserably?” Lewis stared into her teary eyes, and his temper flared as he asked, “Do you want a

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