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

the sofa and slowly ascended the stairs. Every step seerned heavy to

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

sank

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

hands froze mid-air. Both

the courage to sign, “I want to go to

as though he missed her sign

again, “I want to visit Mrs. Jinkins.”

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

but recall the message,

and returned to her bedroom in

clothes, brought her bag, and was ready

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

“The hospital.”

degrees cooler as he grabbed her chin. He said in a low voice, “I said you’re not allowed to-did you hear me?”

looked at them, and dread filled

her hand and

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

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

few steps back. Before she could regain her balance, the door abruptly shut, and

doorknob, but the door wouldn’t open,

her in

the door, slowly sliding to the floor. The more

to confirm her

about it. She told herself it had

message

not

started smoking on the sofa,

heard

the floor, cigarette

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

the kitchen door.

and Dr. Halliday’s

and said, “Keep a close watch on her. I’ll

purely threatening him; Dr. Halliday saw

doctor recoiled and nodded

response, Lewis left the mansion. In the

few men over

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

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