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

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

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

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

sank

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

froze mid-air. Both said nothing for

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

expression, as though

again, “I want to visit

and descended the stairs, refusing any communication with her. “You’re not allowed to.”

falling again. She couldn’t help but recall

communicating with Lewis and returned

bag, and was ready to

opened the door to find Lewis standing there. He was leaning against

gestured, “The hospital.”

few degrees cooler as he grabbed her chin. He said

blazing with fury. Josephine looked at them, and dread filled her heart.

her hand and gestured, “Why?”

to do as I

he aggressively released Josephine’s chin and said, “Don’t compel

regain her balance,

twisted the doorknob, but the door wouldn’t open,

had locked her in again.

the floor. The more he forbade her from

the message, so she wanted to confirm her belief, but Lewis stopped

her head, forcing herself to think less about it.

message

witnessed everything. At that moment, he dared not step forward because he was

came downstairs and started smoking on the sofa,

heard a loud smash from the living

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

gulped. He was not sure of the reason

the kitchen door.

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

close watch on her. I’ll cut you into pieces and feed

him; Dr. Halliday saw his intent to kill in

recoiled and nodded vigorously.

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

men over to

what happened. He

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