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

shook her head. She didn’t. She

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

She reached out to tug his sleeves, but he was

didn’t forget his words deliberately. She just couldn’t remember,

and she found

memories she held dear would occasionally be gone from her memory only to

was nothing she

didn’t want this to

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

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

wiped her tears and hurriedly

on the floor, exhausted.

she

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

door and peered inside using the light filtering in from outside.

a pile of torn-up

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

a lump in her throat-she had forgotten who tore

the bathroom, he heard

saw Josephine sitting on the floor,

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

the light. Eyes teary, Josephine looked up and

down at her

slowly lowered hers. She got up to put

slender hand grabbed the

it aside. The

wind blew in, mercilessly sweeping the paper remnants

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

Lewis abruptly grabbed her wrist and

see the fury in his eyes.

Lewis stared into her teary eyes, and his

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