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?”

pay heed to anyone else besides me and

She

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

reached out to

to tell him she didn’t forget his words deliberately. She

tell him her memory was dwindling bit by bit, and she found

occasionally be gone from her memory only to reemerge later.

herself, but there was nothing

this

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

with her. He opened the door, got out, and entered the house.

wiped her tears and hurriedly got out of the car. She

sat on

where she put her

while before getting up and starting her

and peered inside using the light filtering in

pile

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

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

came out of the bathroom,

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

they were young, she used to cry like this if Daphne spoiled

looked

a champagne bathrobe and looked down at her with his

slowly lowered hers.

slender hand grabbed the box.

react, Lewis snatched the box away and hurled it

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

scene. Her mind was blank

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

could see the fury in his

stared into her teary eyes, and his temper flared as

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