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

slipped from her hand and fell onto the floor with

what seemed forever, Josephine rose from the sofa and slowly ascended the stairs. Every step

his indifferent eyes. Many times, she had thought that nothing in

sank

She was more so afraid

her hands froze mid-air. Both

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

as though he missed her sign language.

“I want to

stairs, refusing any communication with her. “You’re not

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

and returned to

her bag, and was ready to leave.

He was leaning against

gestured, “The hospital.”

grew 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 me?”

with fury. Josephine looked at them,

hand

as I say. Now, stay

he aggressively released Josephine’s chin and said,

regain her balance, the door

doorknob, but the door

her in

the floor. The more he forbade her from going, the more

the message, so she wanted to confirm

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

that message was

everything. At that moment, he dared not step forward because he was worried he might be

downstairs and started smoking on the sofa,

heard a

the floor, cigarette butts littering all over. Fruits were scattered, and the

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

the kitchen door.

open, and Dr. Halliday’s hair

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

him; Dr. Halliday saw his intent

and nodded

getting his response, Lewis left the mansion. In the

over

Phineas didn’t know what happened. He could only follow the instructions given.

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