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 responded.

phone slipped from her hand and fell onto the floor

seemed forever, Josephine rose from the sofa and slowly ascended the stairs.

his indifferent eyes. Many times, she had thought that nothing

sank further.

but didn’t know what to sign. She was more so afraid of the words he might

hands froze mid-air. Both said nothing

a long while, Josephine held back her tears and mustered the courage

wore no expression, as though he

“I want to visit

refusing any

couldn’t help but recall the message, and anger brewed

communicating with Lewis and returned to her bedroom in a fury.

changed her clothes, brought her bag, and was ready to leave.

there. He was leaning against the doorframe, blocking her way. “Where are

gestured, “The hospital.”

chin. He said

Josephine looked at them, and dread

hand and gestured,

are to do as I say. Now,

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

steps back. Before she could regain her balance, the door abruptly shut, and

the door wouldn’t

had locked her in

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

so she wanted to confirm her belief, but Lewis stopped

think less about it. She told herself it

that message was fake.

At that moment, he dared not step forward

and started smoking on the sofa, one

heard a loud smash from

a mess on the floor. The ashtray was on the floor, cigarette butts littering

of the reason behind Lewis’ outburst. He quietly closed.

the kitchen door.

open, and

“Keep a close watch on her. I’ll cut you into pieces and

wasn’t purely threatening him; Dr. Halliday saw his

and nodded

his response, Lewis left the mansion. In the car,

a few men over to stand guard.”

happened. He could only follow the instructions

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