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?”

to pay heed to

her head. She didn’t. She

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

reached out to tug his sleeves, but

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

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

she held dear would occasionally be gone from her memory only to reemerge

was nothing she

this

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

He opened the door, got out, and entered

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 rummaged

on the

forgotten where she put her notebook.

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

inside

saw a pile

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

a lump in her

came out of the bathroom, he heard

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

this if Daphne spoiled her favorite toy. She would hug the ruined doll and

blocked the light. Eyes teary, Josephine looked up and saw Lewis standing

wore a champagne bathrobe and looked down

icy gaze and slowly lowered hers. She got up to put

hand

and hurled it aside. The box fell

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

was blank

Lewis abruptly grabbed her wrist and pulled

see the fury in

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

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