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

her hand and fell onto the

and slowly ascended the stairs. Every step seerned

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

heart sank further.

sign. She was more so afraid of the words he

mid-air. Both said nothing for a while.

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

expression, as though he missed her sign language.

“I want

refusing any communication with

but recall

stopped communicating with Lewis and returned to

her clothes, brought her bag, and was

was leaning

“The hospital.”

as he grabbed her chin. He said in a low voice, “I said you’re

Josephine looked at them,

raised her hand and gestured,

no reason. You are to do as I say. Now, stay at home!”

Josephine’s chin

a few steps back. Before she could regain her balance, the door

the doorknob, but the door wouldn’t

had locked her in again.

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

believe the message, so she wanted to confirm her belief, but

head, forcing herself to think less about it. She

that message was

not step forward because he was worried he might be caught in

on the sofa, one cigarette after another.

kitchen, Dr. Halliday eventually heard a loud smash from

peeked and saw a mess on the floor. The ashtray was on the floor, cigarette butts littering all over. Fruits were scattered, and the plate was

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

the kitchen door.

door was flung open, and Dr. Halliday’s hair

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

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

and

his response, Lewis left the mansion. In the

men over to

happened. He could only follow the instructions given.

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