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

hand and fell onto the floor with

the sofa and slowly

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

heart sank

She

Both said nothing

a long while, Josephine held back her tears and mustered the courage to sign, “I want to go

no expression, as though he missed her

want to visit Mrs.

refusing any

falling again. She couldn’t help but

Lewis and returned to her bedroom

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

the door to find Lewis standing there. He was leaning against the doorframe, blocking her

“The hospital.”

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

Josephine looked at them, and dread filled her heart.

hand and gestured,

reason. You are to do as

chin and said, “Don’t compel

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

but the door

her in

against the door, slowly sliding to the floor. The more

she wanted to confirm her belief, but Lewis stopped

her head, forcing herself to think less about

message was

everything. At that moment, he dared not step

downstairs and started smoking on the

Dr. Halliday eventually heard a loud

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

not sure of the

the kitchen door.

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

doorway. He stared at Dr. Halliday and said, “Keep a close watch on her.

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

and

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

few men over to stand

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

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