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

slipped from her hand and fell onto the floor

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

indifferent eyes. Many times, she had thought that nothing in this

sank further.

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

hands froze mid-air. Both said nothing for

the courage to sign, “I want to go to

wore no expression, as though he missed her

“I want to visit

the stairs, refusing any communication

help but recall the message, and anger

Lewis and returned to her bedroom in a fury.

bag, and was

leaning against the doorframe, blocking her way. “Where

gestured, “The

as he grabbed her chin. He said in a

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

hand and

are to do as I say. Now, stay at

aggressively released Josephine’s chin and

staggered a few steps back. Before she could regain her

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

her

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

she wanted to confirm her belief, but

head, forcing herself to think less about it. She told

that message was

dared not step forward because he was worried he might be caught in

downstairs and started smoking on the

heard a loud smash from the

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

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

the kitchen door.

open, and

a close watch on her. I’ll cut you into pieces and feed the dogs if she takes one step out

wasn’t purely threatening him; Dr. Halliday saw

and nodded

left the mansion. In

men over to stand guard.”

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

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