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?”

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

head. She

anything I said in

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

to tell him she didn’t forget his words deliberately. She

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

would occasionally be gone

hated herself, but there was

want this

him. It was deeply engraved in her.

with her. He opened the door, got

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

on the

where she put her

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

peered inside using the light filtering in

pile

paper, struggling to identify the words. But it

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

Lewis came out of the bathroom, he heard Josephine

came to the storage room and saw Josephine sitting on the

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

Eyes teary, Josephine looked

looked down at her

slowly lowered hers. She got up to put the box back

a slender hand

Before she could react, Lewis snatched the box away and hurled it aside. The box fell to

paper remnants into a chaotic frenzy,

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

up, but Lewis abruptly

could see the fury in his eyes.

her teary eyes, and

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