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 he responded.

phone slipped from her hand and fell onto the

forever, Josephine rose from the sofa and slowly

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

sank

to sign. She was more so afraid of the words he might say.

Both said nothing for a

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

though he

want to

refusing any communication with her. “You’re

She couldn’t help but recall the message, and anger

stopped communicating with Lewis and returned to her bedroom

bag, and was ready to leave.

leaning against the doorframe, blocking

gestured, “The

chin. He said in a low voice, “I said you’re not allowed

eyes were blazing with fury. Josephine looked at them, and

hand

do as I say. Now, stay

he aggressively released Josephine’s chin and

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

the door wouldn’t open, no matter how.

locked her in

the floor. The more he forbade her from going,

didn’t believe the message, so she wanted to confirm

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

message was

that moment, he dared not step forward because he was worried he

started smoking on the sofa,

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

mess on the floor. The ashtray was on the floor, cigarette butts littering all over. Fruits were scattered, and the plate was also on the

the reason behind Lewis’ outburst. He quietly closed.

the kitchen door.

flung open, and

watch on her. I’ll cut you into pieces and feed the dogs if she takes one step out of this mansion.”

Dr. Halliday saw his intent

and

his response, Lewis left the mansion. In the

over to

know what happened. He could

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