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.

wanted proof, and

fell onto the floor with

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

his indifferent eyes. Many times, she had thought that nothing in this world could possibly interest

sank

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

froze mid-air. Both

mustered the courage to sign, “I want to go to

expression, as though he

want

turned and descended the stairs, refusing any communication with her. “You’re

but recall the message, and anger

stopped communicating with Lewis and returned to her bedroom in a fury.

brought her bag, and

there. He was leaning against the doorframe, blocking

gestured, “The

said

looked at them, and dread filled her heart.

hand

are to do as I say. Now,

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

could regain her balance, the door abruptly shut, and

door wouldn’t open, no

her

slowly sliding to the floor. The more he forbade her from

believe the message, so she wanted to confirm her

think less about it. She told herself it had to be

that message

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

came downstairs and started smoking on the sofa, one cigarette

Halliday eventually heard a loud smash from the

mess on the floor. The ashtray was on the floor, cigarette butts littering all over.

the reason behind

the kitchen door.

was flung open, and Dr. Halliday’s hair

close watch on her. I’ll cut you into pieces and feed the dogs if she

Halliday saw his intent to

doctor recoiled and nodded vigorously.

Lewis left the mansion. In the

over to stand guard.”

He could only follow

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