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.

phone slipped from her hand and fell onto the floor with a dull

and slowly

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

sank further.

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

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

her tears and mustered the

no expression, as though

want to

descended the stairs, refusing any communication with

She couldn’t help but recall the

with Lewis and returned to her bedroom in a fury.

her clothes, brought her bag,

standing there. He was leaning against the doorframe, blocking her way. “Where are you going?”

“The hospital.”

gaze grew a few degrees cooler as he grabbed her chin. He said in a low voice,

looked at them, and dread filled her heart.

raised her hand

reason. You are to do as I say. Now, stay at home!”

released Josephine’s chin and

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

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

had locked her

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

message, so she wanted to confirm her belief,

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

that message was fake.

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

downstairs and started smoking on the sofa, one

Dr. Halliday eventually heard a loud smash from the

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

Halliday gulped. He was not sure of the reason

the kitchen door.

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

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

wasn’t purely threatening him; Dr. Halliday saw

recoiled and

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

over to stand guard.”

what happened. He could

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