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

her head. She didn’t. She truly forgot.

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

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

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

tell him her memory was dwindling bit by bit, and she found it more difficult to remember those little things as days went

occasionally be gone from her

there was nothing

want this to

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

refused to communicate with her. He opened the

wiped her tears and hurriedly got out of

sat on the floor, exhausted.

forgotten where she put

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

door and peered inside using the light

saw a pile of torn-up

picked up the pieces of paper, struggling to identify the words. But

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

of the bathroom, he heard Josephine sobbing.

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

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

teary, Josephine looked

looked down at her with

slowly lowered hers. She got up to put

hand grabbed

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

sweeping the paper remnants into a chaotic frenzy, scattering

was

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

the fury in his

stared into her teary

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