What Separates Me and You

Chapter 197 It Would Be Weird if He Didn’t

Seth smiled and straightened up. He reached out a hand to rub Josephine’s head, but she recoiled from him. His hand froze briefly, but he still placed it on her head.

“I’ll be going first, don’t miss me too much.”

She didn’t respond.

He laughed and turned to leave, but he hobbled slightly due to his partially healed leg injury, which wouldn’t be noticeable unless one were to watch him closely. Josephine immediately rushed to the door and bolted it shut once it closed, exhaling in relief as she leaned against it. Something flashed across her eyes as she looked down at her bandaged wrist.

It was pouring heavily outside, and the roads were flooded. A car quietly came to a halt near the house that she was staying in, its wipers swiped away at the rain falling on the windshield. Conrad’s hands and feet were slightly chilly as he sat in the driver’s seat. He watched as Seth walked away holding an umbrella and quickly vanished in the rain before secretly glancing at

the man in the backseat via the rearview mirror.

“Do… Do you want to go in, sir?” he asked tentatively.

Lewis gazed at the door of the small building for some time before he turned away and coldly said, “What for?”

Conrad cleared his throat awkwardly, not knowing how to continue the topic. Why were they here then if he wasn’t going to go in? He didn’t dare say this out loud. Instead, he said, “I just saw Mr. Fairchild come out… He wouldn’t do something to Madam, would he?”

“Madam?”

“M-Miss Vance.” Conrad quickly corrected himself.

Lewis chuckled coldly. “It would be weird if he didn’t.”

“Huh?”

“Why do you think he’s still in Elysium?”

brain and tentatively said, “For

Seth wouldn’t have sold her off back then. But… it didn’t

felt that she wasn’t attractive enough for

“Then he-”

Conrad off before he

the rearview mirror again and was puzzled. Why didn’t he take any action even after knowing Seth’s motive and that he would seek out Josephine? Was it because he didn’t care what Seth did to her, or was it because he knew he wouldn’t? But

to a more serious topic. “By the way, sir, you’re becoming more and more famous now after attending the press conference that day with Miss

his fame had expanded. to the general public, making him

from

Alvarez Corp’s stocks have started to rise because of this incident … don’t you need to

will cause you trouble.”

“Hmm.”

Lewis mean by “hmm’?” He had to rely on blind guessing.

sound insulation of this house wasn’t as good as

helpless as she had nowhere else to go. The thunder intensified her fear, amplifying her sense of loneliness and loss. Being alone in this space frightened her more than ever before. Unlike Styx Mansion, which provided some semblance of security, this unfamiliar house left her

However, she could only

fragments of memories flashed through her mind as the thunder rumbled, causing a splitting headache. She clutched her sleeves and shakily raised her head.

as she whispered. “Mrs.

the house and into the downpour. She ran through the unfamiliar neighborhood, searching for its exit, completely drenched in the

middle of the neighborhood,

it difficult to keep her eyes open. She fumbled around. before pulling out

down jacket. Such a sight under the light of the night was

mumbled to himself.

correct, she quickly

my car seats wet,

jutted her lips and