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?”

wracked his brain and tentatively said,

truly for Daphne, Seth wouldn’t have sold her off back then. But… it didn’t make sense if it was because

her? Personally, he felt that she wasn’t attractive

“Then he-”

off before

never there. He discreetly glanced at Lewis through 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 he said so himself earlier that it would

“By the way, sir, you’re becoming more and more famous now after attending the press

expanded. to the general

clicking came from the backseat as Lewis lit

now and a trending hot topic,” Conrad continued, “Although Alvarez Corp’s stocks have started to rise because of

cause you trouble.”

“Hmm.”

was dumbfounded. He pondered, “What did Lewis mean by “hmm’?” He had to rely on blind guessing.

as Josephine sat alone on the couch in this unfamiliar environment, her ears covered and her eyes squeezed shut. She was utterly frightened, realizing that the sound insulation of this house wasn’t as good as Styx Mansion. The thunder outside reverberated with striking clarity, each bomb-like sound seemingly coming from directly above

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,

had set, making her feel even more lost. However, she could only force herself to get used to it as

her mind as the thunder rumbled, causing a splitting headache. She clutched her sleeves and shakily raised her

lips quivered as she whispered. “Mrs.

into the downpour. She ran through the

in the middle of the neighborhood, glancing in all directions.

against her face, making it difficult to keep her eyes open. She fumbled around. before pulling out her

in the rain, dressed in a white down jacket. Such a sight under the light of the night was frightening. “Is she

mumbled to himself.

correct, she quickly opened the door and got

seats wet, miss,” the cab driver

her lips and stammered,