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.

wanted proof, and he responded.

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

rose from the sofa and slowly ascended the stairs. Every step seerned heavy

approached Lewis and looked into his indifferent eyes. Many times, she

sank

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

her hands froze mid-air. Both said

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

as though he missed her sign

gestured again, “I want to visit Mrs.

any communication

She couldn’t help but recall the

returned to her bedroom in a

changed her clothes, brought her bag, and was ready to

there. He was leaning against the doorframe, blocking her

gestured, “The hospital.”

grabbed her chin. He said in a

blazing with fury. Josephine looked at

raised her hand and gestured,

reason. You are to do as I

chin and said, “Don’t compel

could regain her balance, the door abruptly shut, and she was

but the door wouldn’t

her in again.

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

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

forcing herself to think less about it. She told herself

message was fake.

that moment, he dared not step forward

came downstairs and started smoking on the sofa, one

the kitchen, Dr. Halliday eventually heard a loud smash

and saw a mess on the floor. The ashtray was on the floor, cigarette

of the reason

the kitchen door.

the kitchen door was flung open, and

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

wasn’t purely threatening him; Dr. Halliday saw

recoiled and nodded

getting his response, Lewis left the mansion.

few men over

didn’t know what happened. He

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