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?”

didn’t have to pay heed to

shook her head. She didn’t. She truly

self-depreciatingly. “Well, you won’t keep anything I said in

out to tug his sleeves, but he was

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

she found it more difficult to remember those little things as days went

dear would occasionally be

was

want this to happen.

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

refused to communicate with her. He opened the door, got out, and

in the rearview mirror, tears rolling down her cheeks. She wiped her tears and hurriedly got out of the car. She ran into the storage room and

on

she

up and starting

door and peered inside using the light filtering

a pile of torn-up

of paper, struggling to identify the words. But

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

Lewis came out of the

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

if Daphne spoiled her favorite toy.

shadow blocked the light. Eyes teary, Josephine looked

champagne bathrobe and looked down at her

his icy gaze and slowly lowered hers.

a slender hand grabbed the

snatched the box away and hurled it aside. The box fell to the floor with a thud,

gust of wind blew in, mercilessly sweeping the paper remnants into a chaotic frenzy,

was blank as she didn’t know

pick them up, but Lewis

see the fury in his

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

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