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.

proof, and he

her hand and fell onto the

seemed forever, Josephine rose from the sofa and slowly ascended the stairs.

times, she had thought that nothing in this world

heart sank further.

know what to sign. She was more so afraid of the words he

her hands froze mid-air. Both said

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

no expression, as though he missed her sign

gestured again, “I want to visit

stairs, refusing any communication with her. “You’re not

help but recall

stopped communicating with Lewis and returned to

bag, and was ready to leave.

Lewis standing there. He was leaning against the doorframe,

“The hospital.”

grabbed her chin. He said in a

blazing with fury. Josephine looked at them, and dread

hand and gestured, “Why?”

reason. You are to do as I say.

chin

staggered a few steps back. Before she could regain her balance, the door abruptly shut, and she was locked in.

the door wouldn’t open, no matter

locked her in again.

the door, slowly sliding to the floor. The more he forbade

message, so she wanted to confirm her

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

message was fake.

corner and witnessed everything. At that moment, he dared not step forward because he was worried he might

downstairs and started smoking on the sofa,

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

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

sure of the reason behind

the kitchen door.

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

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

Dr. Halliday saw his intent to kill in his

and nodded

mansion.

a few men over to stand guard.”

happened. He could only follow the instructions given.

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