What Separates Me and You

Chapter 198

Chapter 198 Two Complete Strangers

Josephine sent out her message but only received another red exclamation mark in response. She huffed and couldn’t help the bitter smile that appeared on her face-Lewis still had her

blocked.

The disappearance of the text made her start to doubt if she had fabricated it or dreamed

about it. Mrs. Jinkins had been discharged solely because they had divorced, and no one was there to continue paying for her exorbitant medical fees.

Josephine hailed another cab to Patrick’s house to verify these events, only to find his house. locked. She knocked on the door multiple times, but no one answered.

“Stop knocking. The people in that house moved away two days ago,” the neighbor across opened the door and said to her just as she was about to give up hope.

Surprised, Josephine looked at the female neighbor in confusion and was about to sign. However, it occurred to her that the neighbor probably wouldn’t be able to understand her, so she gave up on the idea.

“The whole family has moved away and in quite a hurry too. This house is probably listed for sale online by now,” the neighbor continued.

“Is the elderly lady still around?” Josephine finished typing on her phone by the time the neighbor finished speaking in one breath.

Glancing at Josephine’s phone, the neighbor frowned disbelievingly. “I’m not sure. They were already almost done moving by the time I noticed. You can give them a call if you want to find

out.”

Josephine nodded gratefully at the woman.

besides telling Josephine not to knock on the door anymore as her child was asleep. Josephine waited until

walked to the head of the stairs, sat down, and spaced out while staring at

her phone.

was he trying to cover up with this? She closed her eyes and leaned groggily against

fell asleep. She had a long

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a dream where they had strolled hand in hand through familiar streets when he still looked at her with warmth in his eyes. But intertwined with these pleasant memories were

her. Whether it was a dream or

their words eluded her understanding. Lost in the ethereal realm of her

blurry figure that defied her attempts to bring it into focus. The silhouette resembled someone all too familiar… Lewis. Yearning, she reached out to touch the phantom image, yet her hand fell lifelessly to

into clarity as the scent of medicinal herbs pervaded the

you awake, Miss Vance?”

it before passing it to her. “Drink

gaze still hazy as she struggled to recall what had happened. Taking the bowl from him, she held her breath and downed the concoction in one gulp without batting an eye as though it was tasteless. She then returned the empty bowl to him and began scanning her surroundings in search of

refrain

It’s too dangerous.”

remembered that she had left the house to visit Mrs. Jinkins. Retrieving her

head and had an awkward expression on his face as he replied, Someone who lives in the building

seemed dubious, but she chose to believe him nonetheless. With gratitude in her heart, she typed

…” He averted his gaze and began keeping his things before continuing, “I’ll be leaving. You

still feeling slightly dizzy. Leaning against the headboard briefly, she threw off her quilt, got out of bed, and hailed a cab to Alvarez Corp to see Lewis. Her mind was

entire week had finally let up today. The sky might

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