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 anyone

She didn’t.

“Well, you won’t keep anything I said in mind anyway. You’ll only remember what others say.”

She reached out to tug his sleeves, but he was

wanted to tell him she didn’t forget his words deliberately. She just couldn’t remember, She had forgotten so

dwindling bit by bit, and she found it more difficult to remember those little things as days went by.

occasionally be

there was nothing she could

this

her memory was her concern for him. It was deeply engraved in her. Even if

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

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

she sat on the floor,

where she put

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

peered inside using the light filtering in from outside.

saw a pile of

of paper, struggling to identify the

box helplessly as she felt a lump in her

came out of the bathroom, he heard

room and saw Josephine sitting on the floor, hugging the

cry like this if Daphne spoiled

teary, Josephine looked up and saw Lewis standing before

and looked down at her with

lowered hers. She got up to put the

slender hand grabbed

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

blew in, mercilessly sweeping the paper remnants into a

Her mind was blank as she didn’t know how to

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

see the fury

the reason you suffer so miserably?” Lewis stared into her teary eyes, and

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