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

to the breakfast in his hands. She silently took the tray from his hand and picked up the fork. But she suddenly remembered something and looked at Phineas.

wrong, Madam? Is the food not

down the fork. She gestured, “What

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

picked up the fork and started eating. Phineas carefully asked,

pain had subsided, and it only hurt a little now.

relieved. It appeared that the

when Phineas stood up and said,

her wrist and the injuries on her legs. She had forgotten what had happened again. She recalled the dream she had last night and felt her heart tightened. Could it be

food felt more like sand. Josephine struggled to get the

with a cage. “Madam, look at this.”

two puppies confined

you like these two dogs?”

let out a sigh of relief and brought the cage over. He placed it

in her arms, wagging its tiny tail. It tried to climb up to Josephine’s face and

as its tongue made contact with her fingers, Josephine instinctively withdrew her hand. She couldn’t understand why she would react that way. She simply thought

do, it won’t hurt,” Phineas reassured Josephine. Phineas placed his hand near the puppy’s mouth 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 on its head to

used to it, they might also

and nodded to indicate that she understood.

important to react firmly. Give it a

Josephine nodded heavily.