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.

proof, and he

and fell

from the sofa and slowly ascended the stairs. Every step seerned

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

sank further.

raised her hands but didn’t know what to sign. She

froze mid-air. Both said nothing for

Josephine held back her tears and mustered the courage to sign, “I

wore no expression, as though he missed

“I want to visit

stairs, refusing any communication with

started falling again. She couldn’t help but recall the message, and

Lewis and returned

clothes, brought her bag, and was

Lewis standing there. He was leaning against the doorframe, blocking

gestured, “The hospital.”

few degrees cooler as he grabbed her chin. He said

looked at them, and dread

raised her hand and gestured, “Why?”

do as I

he aggressively released Josephine’s chin and said,

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

twisted the doorknob, but the door wouldn’t open, no matter

had locked her

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

didn’t believe the message, so she wanted to confirm her belief,

forcing herself to think less about it. She told

message was

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

on the sofa, one cigarette after another.

kitchen, Dr. Halliday eventually heard a loud smash from the living

was on the floor, cigarette butts littering

sure of the reason behind Lewis’ outburst. He

the kitchen door.

the kitchen door was flung open, and Dr. Halliday’s

the doorway. He stared at Dr. Halliday and said, “Keep a close watch on her. I’ll cut you into pieces and feed the dogs if she takes one step out

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

and

getting his response, Lewis left the mansion.

few men over to stand

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

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