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

slipped from her hand and fell

and slowly ascended the stairs. Every step seerned heavy

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

sank

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

hands froze mid-air. 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

wore no expression, as though he missed her sign language.

gestured again, “I want to

the stairs, refusing any communication with her. “You’re

help but recall the message,

and returned to her bedroom

brought her bag, and

there. He was leaning against the doorframe,

“The hospital.”

He said in a low voice, “I said you’re

blazing with fury. Josephine looked at them,

raised her hand and

as I say. Now,

released Josephine’s chin and said, “Don’t compel me.”

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

the doorknob, but the door wouldn’t open,

locked her in

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

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

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

that message was fake.

he dared not step forward

smoking on the sofa, one cigarette after

Dr. Halliday eventually heard a loud smash from

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

not sure of the reason behind Lewis’ outburst.

the kitchen door.

and Dr. Halliday’s hair stood on

a close watch on her. I’ll cut you into pieces and feed the dogs

Dr. Halliday saw his

and

getting his response, Lewis left the mansion. In the car, he phoned Phineas.

men over to stand guard.”

what happened. He could

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