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 with

Josephine rose from the sofa and slowly ascended the stairs.

Lewis and looked into his indifferent eyes. Many times, she had thought that nothing in

sank further.

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

froze mid-air. Both said nothing for a

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

expression, as though he missed her

again, “I want to

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

but recall

and returned to her bedroom in a

her clothes, brought her bag, and

door to find Lewis standing there. He was leaning against the doorframe, blocking her way. “Where

gestured, “The hospital.”

grabbed her chin. He said in a low voice,

eyes were blazing with fury. Josephine looked

raised her hand

You are to do as

Josephine’s chin

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

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

her in

and leaned against the door, slowly sliding to the floor. The more

believe the message, so she wanted to confirm her

hugged her head, forcing herself to think less about it. She

message was

he dared not step forward because he was worried he might

came downstairs and started smoking on the sofa, one

eventually heard a loud smash from the living

cigarette butts littering all

not sure of the

the kitchen door.

door was flung open, and

Halliday and said, “Keep a close watch on her. I’ll cut you into

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

and nodded

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

over to stand

know what happened. He could only

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