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

slipped from her hand and fell onto

rose from the sofa and slowly ascended the stairs.

and looked into his indifferent eyes. Many times, she had thought that nothing in this world could possibly interest him.

heart sank further.

sign. She was more so

Both said nothing for a while.

mustered the courage to sign, “I

no expression, as though

want to

refusing any communication with her. “You’re not allowed to.”

couldn’t help but recall the message,

returned to her bedroom in

brought her bag, and was ready to

there. He was leaning against the

gestured, “The hospital.”

a few degrees cooler as he grabbed her chin. He said in a low voice, “I

were blazing with fury. Josephine looked at

her hand and

as I say. Now, stay at home!”

released Josephine’s chin and said,

staggered a few steps back. Before she could regain her

twisted the doorknob, but the door wouldn’t

locked her in again.

and leaned against the door, slowly sliding to the floor. The more he forbade her from

to confirm her belief, but

less about it. She told herself it had to be a

message was fake.

not

started smoking on the sofa, one cigarette after

heard a loud smash from the living

was on the floor, cigarette butts littering all over. Fruits were scattered, and the plate was also on

sure of the reason behind Lewis’ outburst.

the kitchen door.

open, and Dr. Halliday’s hair

close watch on her. I’ll cut you into pieces and feed the dogs if she

saw his intent to kill in

doctor recoiled and nodded vigorously.

mansion. In the

a few men over to stand

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

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