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.

fell

forever, Josephine rose from the sofa and slowly ascended the

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

heart sank further.

sign. She was more so afraid of the words he

hands froze mid-air. Both said nothing for a

mustered the courage to

wore no expression, as though he missed her sign

“I want to visit Mrs. Jinkins.”

turned and descended the stairs, refusing any communication

but recall

communicating with Lewis and returned to her bedroom in

her clothes, brought her bag, and was ready to leave.

was leaning

gestured, “The hospital.”

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

were blazing with fury. Josephine looked at them, and dread filled

her hand and gestured,

no reason. You are to do as I

Josephine’s chin and said, “Don’t compel

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

door wouldn’t open,

her

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

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

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

that message was

he dared not step forward because he was

and started smoking on the sofa,

eventually heard a loud smash from the living

on the floor. The ashtray was on the floor, cigarette butts littering all over. Fruits

Halliday gulped. He was not sure of the reason behind

the kitchen door.

kitchen door was flung open, and Dr. Halliday’s hair

her. I’ll

Dr. Halliday saw his intent to kill in his eyes.

and

mansion. In the car,

over to stand

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

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