What Separates Me and You

Chapter 218 A Trace of Joy

Phineas decided to plead with her regardless of her response.

“It pertains to your current situation. Could you please keep it a secret from Chairman Alvarez? If he were to find out, I would be dead.” Phineas clasped his hands together in a

gesture of earnest request.

After speaking, he saw a perplexed look in Josephine’s eyes. She looked confused. Phineas was taken aback and said, “Madam?”

Josephine pressed her lips together and gestured, “Do we know each other?”

Phineas was not fluent in sign language. He stared at Josephine’s fingers and testingly asked, ‘ Are you saying that you don’t recognize me?”

”

Josephine gave it a thought. Although that was not what she said, the meaning was similar, so she nodded at Phineas. Phineas became anxious and quickly explained, “I’m Phineas. We met before. How could you forget me so quickly?”

They had met a few times. How was it possible that she had no recollection of him at all? Just as Phineas was in confusion, Josephine looked at him again. However, she still could not remember him and shook her head.

Phineas helplessly sighed. He simply thought Josephine was unwilling to forgive him and refused to help him keep this a secret. His heart sank, feeling a sense of desolation. He abandoned his plea, resigning himself to face whatever fate awaited him. He turned around, retrieved the breakfast tray, and passed it to Josephine, “Have some breakfast.”

Josephine was slightly taken aback. She glanced at Phineas’ disappointed face and then shifted her

silently took the tray from his hand and picked

food not

head as she put down

his best to recognize her sign language, using whatever knowledge he had. He furrowed his brows and asked tentatively, ” Are you asking

not read sign language, she stopped gesturing. She picked up the fork and started eating. Phineas carefully asked, “Madam, do your legs hurt? Do you want me to bring

immense pain had subsided,

that’s good.” Phineas felt relieved. It appeared

Phineas stood up and said, “Madam, I need to go retrieve

without waiting for Josephine to respond. Josephine frowned. She lowered her head to look at her wrist and the injuries on her legs. She had forgotten what had

struggled to get the food down her throat. Eventually, she placed the tray

Phineas entered the room with a

to get too close. He was afraid that Josephine would be traumatized by yesterday’s incident, so he stood at the door as he showed her the cage. Josephine turned and saw two puppies confined within. They looked about two to three months old. The puppies were scurrying around inside the cage, looking for an exit. Josephine’s eyes widened, and her mouth was slightly parted as her eyes lit

like

Phineas. He seemed slightly anxious. Josephine nodded heavily. Phineas let out a sigh of relief and brought the cage over. He placed it under her bed and opened it. He carried

The puppy was restless. It sniffed around in her arms, wagging its tiny tail. It tried to climb up to Josephine’s face and lick her. Her expression softened with tenderness as Josephine gazed at the harmless and adorable puppy. She mustered the

Josephine instinctively withdrew her hand. She couldn’t understand why she would react that way. She simply thought it was probably

to demonstrate his point. Sure enough, the puppy opened its mouth and nibbled on his finger with undeveloped teeth. Phineas swiftly withdrew his hand and gently smacked the puppy

they get used to it, they might also bite in

to

added, “No matter when, if it looks like the puppy is going to bite you, it’s important to react firmly. Give it a beating to discourage the behavior. With consistent correction, the puppy will learn that biting is not

Josephine nodded heavily.