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?”

to pay heed to anyone else

She didn’t. She truly

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

reached out to tug his sleeves, but

didn’t forget his words deliberately. She just

bit, and she

dear would occasionally be gone from her memory only to reemerge

was nothing she could

want this

in her memory was her concern for him. It was deeply engraved in her. Even if she forgot

her. He opened the door, got out,

rearview mirror, tears rolling down her cheeks. She wiped her tears and

sat on the floor,

had forgotten where she put her

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

the door and peered inside using

a pile

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

she felt a lump in her throat-she had forgotten

out of the bathroom, he heard

storage room and saw Josephine sitting on the floor, hugging the box and crying

like this if Daphne spoiled her favorite toy. She

Josephine looked up and

wore a champagne bathrobe and looked down at her with his arms folded.

met his icy gaze and slowly lowered hers. She

a slender hand grabbed the

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

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

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

to pick them up, but Lewis abruptly grabbed her wrist

fury

with me the reason you suffer so miserably?” Lewis stared into her teary

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