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

phone slipped from her hand and fell onto the floor with a dull

and slowly

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

sank

her hands but didn’t know what to sign. She was more so afraid

her hands froze mid-air. Both said nothing for a

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

wore no expression, as though he missed

want to visit

refusing any communication with her. “You’re not

tears started falling again. She couldn’t help but

and returned to her bedroom in

her clothes, brought her bag, and

leaning against the

“The

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

hand and gestured, “Why?”

are to do as I say. Now, stay

Josephine’s chin and said, “Don’t compel

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

but the door wouldn’t

had locked her in again.

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

she wanted to confirm her belief, but Lewis

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

message was fake.

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

started smoking on the sofa,

the kitchen, Dr. Halliday eventually heard a

on the floor. The ashtray was on the floor, cigarette butts

sure of the

the kitchen door.

flung open, and

at the doorway. He stared at Dr. Halliday and said, “Keep a close watch on her.

threatening him; Dr. Halliday saw his intent to kill

doctor recoiled and nodded vigorously.

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

few men over to stand guard.”

Phineas didn’t know what happened. He could

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