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

her hand and fell

and slowly ascended the stairs.

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

sank further.

hands but didn’t know what to sign. She was more

mid-air. Both

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

as though he missed her sign language.

“I want to

descended the stairs, refusing any communication with

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

Lewis and returned to her bedroom in a fury.

her bag, and was ready to

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

“The hospital.”

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

fury. Josephine looked at

her hand

as I say. Now, stay

chin and said,

she could regain her balance, the door abruptly

doorknob, but the door wouldn’t open, no matter how.

had locked her in

the floor. The more he forbade her from

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

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

that message was fake.

not step forward because he was

and started smoking on the sofa, one cigarette

kitchen, Dr. Halliday eventually heard a loud smash from the living

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

the reason behind Lewis’ outburst. He quietly closed.

the kitchen door.

open, and Dr. Halliday’s

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

wasn’t purely threatening him; Dr. Halliday saw his intent

and

response, Lewis left the mansion. In

over to stand

He could only

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