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?”

didn’t have to pay heed to

shook her head. She didn’t.

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

She reached out to tug his

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

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

she held dear would occasionally be gone from her

was nothing she could

want this to happen.

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

opened the door, got out, and

her tears and

sat on the floor, exhausted.

had forgotten where she put her notebook.

floor for a while before getting up and starting her

the door and peered inside using the light filtering in from

pile of torn-up

paper, struggling to identify the words. But

felt a lump in her

Lewis came out of the bathroom,

room and saw Josephine sitting on the floor, hugging the

this if Daphne spoiled her favorite toy.

Josephine looked up and saw Lewis standing before her frostily.

a champagne bathrobe and looked down at her with his arms

gaze and slowly lowered hers. She got up to

slender hand

and hurled it aside. The box fell

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

mind was

intuitively wanted to pick them up, but Lewis abruptly

see the fury in his eyes.

you suffer so miserably?” Lewis stared into her teary eyes, and his temper

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