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.

hand and fell onto the floor with a dull

the sofa and slowly ascended the stairs. Every step seerned

looked into his indifferent eyes. Many times, she had

sank

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

her hands froze mid-air. Both said nothing for a

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

no expression, as though he missed her sign

want to visit Mrs. Jinkins.”

stairs, refusing any communication with her.

started falling again. She couldn’t help but recall the message, and anger

and returned to her bedroom in a fury.

bag, and was ready to

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

gestured, “The

he grabbed her chin. He said in a low voice, “I said you’re not allowed to-did you

blazing with fury. Josephine looked at them, and

hand and

as I say. Now, stay at

he aggressively released Josephine’s chin

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

but the door wouldn’t open, no matter

had locked her in

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

she wanted to

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

message was

that moment, he dared not step forward because he

started smoking on the

eventually heard a loud smash from the

the floor. The ashtray was on the floor, cigarette butts

of the reason behind Lewis’ outburst.

the kitchen door.

was flung open, and Dr. Halliday’s hair stood on end.

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

saw his intent to

and

getting his response, Lewis left the mansion. In the

few men over

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

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