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

his hands. She silently took the tray from his hand and

wrong, Madam? Is the food not to your liking?” Phineas

her head as she put down the

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

together. After confirming that Phineas could not read sign language, she stopped gesturing. She picked up the fork and started eating. Phineas

pain had subsided, and it only hurt a little

It appeared that

was still eating when Phineas stood up and said, “Madam, I need to go retrieve

what had happened again. She recalled the dream she had last night and felt her heart tightened. Could it be that it was not a dream but a

felt more like sand. Josephine struggled to get the food down her throat. Eventually, she placed

with a

cage. Josephine turned and saw two puppies confined within. They looked about

“Do you like

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

Josephine’s hand with affectionate licks, but 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 it was probably something to do with the images from her dream about dogs biting her.

Even if they 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

used to

listened attentively and nodded to indicate that she understood.

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

Josephine nodded heavily.