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?”

you didn’t have to pay

She didn’t. She truly forgot.

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

out to tug

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

her memory was dwindling bit by bit, and she found it more difficult to remember those little things

held dear would occasionally be gone from her memory only to reemerge

but there was nothing she could

want this to happen.

It was deeply engraved in

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

She wiped her tears and hurriedly got

sat on the floor,

where she put her

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

the door and peered inside using the light filtering in from

a pile of

paper, struggling to identify the words.

she felt a lump in her

Lewis came out of the bathroom,

sitting on the floor, hugging

used to cry like this if Daphne spoiled her favorite toy. She would hug the ruined doll

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

wore a champagne bathrobe and looked down at her with his

hers. She got up to put

hand grabbed the box.

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

sweeping the paper remnants into

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

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

could see the fury in his eyes.

stared into her teary eyes, and his temper

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