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 responded.

fell onto the floor with a dull

slowly ascended the stairs.

Many times, she had thought that nothing in

sank

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

mid-air. Both said nothing for a

and mustered the courage to sign, “I want to go to the hospital.”

as though he missed her sign

“I want to visit Mrs. Jinkins.”

the stairs, refusing any

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

and returned to her

her bag,

Lewis standing there. He was leaning against the

“The hospital.”

gaze grew a few degrees cooler as he grabbed her chin. He said in a low voice, “I said you’re not allowed to-did

fury. Josephine looked at them, and

her hand and gestured, “Why?”

reason. You are to do as I say. Now,

Josephine’s chin and said,

she could regain her balance, the door abruptly shut, and she was locked

the door wouldn’t

had locked her in again.

her bag and leaned against the door, slowly sliding to the floor. The more he forbade her from going, the

wanted to confirm her belief, but Lewis stopped

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

message

At that moment, he dared not step forward

on

Halliday eventually heard

floor. The ashtray was on the floor, cigarette butts

the reason behind Lewis’ outburst. He

the kitchen door.

kitchen door was flung open, and

on her. I’ll cut you

wasn’t purely threatening him; Dr. Halliday saw

doctor recoiled and nodded vigorously.

response, Lewis left the mansion. In the car, he phoned

few men over to stand guard.”

what happened. He

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