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 else besides me and

head. She didn’t. She truly forgot.

I said in mind anyway. You’ll only

teared up. She reached out to

deliberately. She just couldn’t

bit, and she found

occasionally be gone from her memory only

hated herself, but there was

want this to

was her concern for him. It was deeply engraved in her.

with her. He opened the

down her cheeks. She wiped her tears and hurriedly got out of the car. She ran

on

she put her notebook.

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

took it to the door and peered inside using the light filtering in

a pile of

pieces of paper, struggling to identify the

felt a lump in her throat-she had forgotten

of the

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

spoiled her favorite toy.

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

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

slowly lowered hers. She got up to put the box

a slender hand

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

the paper remnants into a chaotic frenzy,

was blank as she

intuitively wanted to pick them up, but Lewis abruptly grabbed her

see the fury

with me the reason you suffer so miserably?” Lewis stared into her teary eyes, and his temper flared as he asked, “Do

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