What Separates Me and You

Chapter 190

Chapter 190 Let Her Die If That’s Her Wish

“What’s going on?” asked Conrad intuitively. He regretted it instantly.

His question made him seem dense and incompetent.

Lewis asked, “Conrad, what have you learned all these years working under me? Bootlicking?”

Conrad paused before answering, “Sorry, sir. It’s my fault. I’m too slow and didn’t

sooner.”

get

it

“I’m hanging up.” Lewis ceased speaking. He kept his phone and leaned against the railing lazily, smoking as he contemplated.

Josephine looked up and saw him smoking while leaning against the railing.

He looked troubled.

Josephine’s phone rang. She picked it up.

It was a message from an unknown number saying, “Mary Jinkins is dead.”

It was a short sentence, but it struck Josephine like lightning. She froze on the spot, forgetting

to respond.

A surge of dread overwhelmed her. She felt her blood rushing in the same direction, leaving her hands and feet numb, and she felt like they didn’t belong to her anymore.

Josephine stared at the four words. Her mind was blank. Her first thought was the message

was from a scammer.

This message was a trick from a scammer.

It must be Seth. Seth loved nothing more than deceiving her.

Nevertheless, she couldn’t stop her tears from falling.

She turned and looked at the man standing above her. With her blurred vision, she saw the man lowering his eyes to look at her.

Their gazes met and stirred up an array of emotions between them.

and he

phone slipped from her hand and fell onto the floor with a

Josephine rose from the sofa and slowly ascended the stairs. Every

she had thought that nothing in

heart sank further.

She was

froze mid-air. Both said

while, Josephine held back her tears and mustered the courage to

as though he missed her sign language.

“I want

turned and descended the stairs, refusing any communication with her. “You’re not allowed

tears started falling again. She couldn’t help but recall the

Lewis and returned to her

brought her bag, and

was leaning against the doorframe, blocking her way. “Where are you going?”

“The

gaze grew a few degrees cooler as he grabbed her chin. He said in

with fury. Josephine looked at them, and

raised her hand

as I say. Now, stay

he aggressively released Josephine’s chin and said, “Don’t compel

she could regain her balance, the door abruptly shut, and she

but the door wouldn’t open, no matter how.

her in

the floor. The more he forbade her from going, the more

she wanted to confirm her belief, but Lewis stopped

to think less about it. She told herself it had

that message was

in the corner and witnessed everything. At that moment, he dared not step forward because he was

came downstairs and started smoking on

in the kitchen, Dr. Halliday eventually heard a loud smash

on the floor, cigarette butts littering all over. Fruits were

of the

the kitchen door.

was flung open, and Dr. Halliday’s hair stood on end.

He stared at Dr. Halliday and said, “Keep a close watch on her. I’ll cut you into pieces and feed the dogs

him; Dr. Halliday saw his intent

recoiled and

getting his response, Lewis left the mansion.

a few men over

Phineas didn’t know what happened. He could only follow

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