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 responded.

from her hand and fell onto the floor with a

slowly ascended the stairs. Every step seerned heavy to

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

heart sank further.

to sign. She was more so afraid of the words

froze mid-air. Both

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

as though he missed her sign language.

“I want to visit

and descended the stairs, refusing any communication with

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

stopped communicating with Lewis and returned to her bedroom in a

her clothes, brought her bag, and

find Lewis standing there. He was leaning

gestured, “The

he grabbed her chin. He said in

were blazing with fury. Josephine looked at them, and dread filled her

her hand

are to do as I say. Now, stay at

aggressively released Josephine’s chin and

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

the door wouldn’t open,

had locked her

sliding to the floor. The more he forbade her

to confirm her

head, forcing herself to think less about it. She told herself it had to be a

that message was fake.

the corner and witnessed everything. At that moment, he dared not step forward because he

downstairs and started smoking on the sofa, one

heard a loud

the floor, cigarette butts

gulped. He was not sure of the

the kitchen door.

was flung open, and Dr. Halliday’s

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 dogs if she

purely threatening him; Dr. Halliday saw his intent to kill in

and nodded

his response, Lewis left the mansion.

men over to

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

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