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.

and fell onto the floor with a

slowly ascended the

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

heart sank

what to sign. She was more

hands froze mid-air. Both

mustered the courage to sign, “I want to go to

as though he missed

gestured again, “I want to

any communication with her. “You’re not

but

communicating with Lewis and returned to

changed her clothes, brought her bag, and was

He was leaning against the doorframe, blocking

“The hospital.”

he grabbed her chin. He said in a low voice, “I said you’re

with fury. Josephine looked at them, and

raised her hand and

are to do as I say. Now,

released Josephine’s chin

staggered a few steps back. Before she could regain her

door wouldn’t open, no

had locked her

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

believe the message, so she wanted to confirm

think less about it. She told

message

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

downstairs and started smoking on the sofa,

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

cigarette butts littering all over. Fruits were scattered,

of the reason behind

the kitchen door.

open, and Dr. Halliday’s hair stood on

Halliday and said, “Keep a close watch on her. I’ll cut you into pieces and feed

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

and

Lewis left the mansion.

few men over

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

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