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?”

me telling you you didn’t have to pay heed to anyone else besides me

head. She didn’t.

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

to tug his sleeves, but he was

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

she found it more difficult to remember those little

dear would occasionally be gone from her memory only

was nothing

want this to happen.

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

He opened the door,

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

sat on the

she put her notebook.

and starting her search again. Finally, she found a box sitting in a

peered inside using the light filtering in from

saw a pile of

to identify the words. But it was too difficult for her

lump in her throat-she had forgotten who tore it into

the bathroom, he heard Josephine sobbing.

to the storage room and saw Josephine sitting on the floor, hugging the box and crying her heart out.

spoiled her favorite toy. She would hug the

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

wore a champagne bathrobe and looked down at her with his

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

hand grabbed the

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

paper remnants into a chaotic frenzy, scattering them far

mind was

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

fury in his

stared into her teary eyes, and his temper flared

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