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?”

you you didn’t have to pay heed to anyone

shook her head. She didn’t. She

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

She reached out to

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

was dwindling bit by bit, and she found it more

she held dear would occasionally be gone

there was nothing she

want this to happen.

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

refused to communicate with her. He opened 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 rummaged through the items.

she sat on the floor,

where she put her notebook.

for a while before getting up and starting

inside using the

saw a pile of torn-up papers.

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

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

came out of the

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

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

Eyes teary, Josephine looked up and

bathrobe and looked down

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

hand grabbed

the box away and hurled it aside.

the paper remnants into a chaotic frenzy, scattering them far and wide.

mind was blank as she

them up, but Lewis abruptly grabbed her wrist and pulled her back.

fury in

miserably?” Lewis stared into her teary eyes, and his temper flared

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