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?”

pay heed to anyone else besides me

She didn’t.

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

eyes teared up. She reached out to

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

bit, and she

the memories she held dear would occasionally be gone

there was

want this to

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

opened the

gazed at his silhouette in 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

she sat on

had forgotten where she put

the floor for a while before getting up and starting her search again. Finally, she found

it to the door and peered inside using the light filtering in

saw a pile of

pieces of paper, struggling to identify the words. But it was too difficult for her to

in her throat-she had forgotten who tore it

out of the bathroom, he heard

Josephine sitting on the floor, hugging the box and crying her

like this if Daphne spoiled her favorite toy. She

teary, Josephine looked up and saw Lewis standing

down at her with his arms folded.

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

hand grabbed

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

the paper remnants into a chaotic frenzy, scattering them

at the scene. Her mind was blank as she didn’t know how to

but Lewis abruptly

could see the fury in

stared into her teary

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