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

from her hand and fell onto the floor with a dull

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

eyes. Many times, she had thought that nothing in this world

sank

She was more so afraid of

mid-air. Both

and mustered the courage to sign, “I

as though he missed her sign language.

want to visit Mrs. Jinkins.”

stairs, refusing any communication with her. “You’re

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

with Lewis and returned to her bedroom

clothes, brought her bag, and was

Lewis standing there. He was leaning against the

gestured, “The hospital.”

gaze grew a few degrees cooler as he grabbed her chin. He said in a low voice, “I said you’re not allowed to-did you hear

eyes were blazing with fury. Josephine looked at them, and

her hand

reason. You are to do as I say. Now, stay at home!”

Josephine’s chin and said, “Don’t

back. Before she could regain her

the doorknob, but the door

locked her

to the floor. The more he forbade her from

so she wanted to confirm her belief,

herself to think less about

that message was fake.

that moment, he dared not step forward because

downstairs and started smoking on the sofa, one cigarette after

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

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

not sure of the reason behind Lewis’ outburst. He quietly

the kitchen door.

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

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

saw his intent to

and nodded vigorously.

left the mansion. In the car, he phoned

over to

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

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