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

from her hand and fell onto the floor with a dull

and slowly ascended the stairs. Every step

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

sank

to sign. She

froze mid-air. Both said

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

no expression, as though

again, “I want

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

She couldn’t help but recall the

stopped communicating with Lewis and returned to her

changed her clothes, brought her bag, and

standing there. He was leaning against the doorframe, blocking her way. “Where are you

“The hospital.”

he grabbed her chin. He said in

fury. Josephine looked at them, and

her hand and gestured, “Why?”

do as I say. Now, stay at

Josephine’s chin

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

the doorknob, but the door wouldn’t

had locked her in

to the floor. The more

she wanted to confirm

less about it. She told herself

that message

moment, he dared not step forward because he was worried

came downstairs and started smoking on the sofa,

in the kitchen, Dr. Halliday eventually heard a

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

was not sure of the

the kitchen door.

flung open, and Dr.

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

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

recoiled and nodded

Lewis left the mansion. In the

few men over to

Phineas didn’t know what happened. He could only

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