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.

from her hand and fell onto the floor with a dull

what seemed forever, Josephine rose from the sofa and slowly ascended

times, she had thought that nothing in this world could possibly interest him.

heart sank further.

sign. She was more so afraid of the words

froze mid-air. Both said nothing for a while.

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

no expression, as though he

want to visit

the stairs, refusing any

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

communicating with Lewis and returned to her bedroom in a

brought her bag,

there. He was leaning against the doorframe, blocking her

gestured, “The

he grabbed her chin. He said in a

with fury. Josephine looked at

raised her hand

You are to do as I say. Now, stay at

released Josephine’s chin and said,

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

the doorknob, but the door wouldn’t open, no matter how.

had locked her in again.

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

didn’t believe the message, so she wanted to confirm her belief,

head, forcing herself to think less about it. She told herself it

that message was

At that moment, he dared not step forward because he was worried he might be caught

came downstairs and started smoking on

the kitchen, Dr. Halliday eventually heard a loud

and saw a mess on the floor. The ashtray was on the floor, cigarette butts

was not sure of the reason behind Lewis’ outburst. He quietly

the kitchen door.

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

“Keep a close watch on her. I’ll cut you into pieces and feed the dogs if she takes one step out

purely threatening him; Dr. Halliday saw his intent to kill in his

doctor recoiled and nodded vigorously.

left the mansion. In

few men over to

what happened. He could only

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