What Separates Me and You

Chapter 241 Seven Years

After Mrs. Larson and Mrs. White returned home, they busied themselves with preparing dinner and decided it was time to wake Josephine up. Knocking on her bedroom door

repeatedly, they waited for a response, but there was only silence on the other side.

Exchanging a concerned glance, they reached a consensus and turned the doorknob, gently pushing open the door to Josephine’s room.

Their faces instantly paled. They went to search around the mansion for Josephine, including the bathrooms and storeroom, but she was nowhere to be seen.

Mrs. Larson uttered, “What do we do? Madam seems to be missing!”

“Don’t worry. Maybe she’s just strolling outside and waiting for the rain to stop.”

Mrs. Larson replied unhappily, “Did you forget what Mr. Alvarez told us? He asked us to follow her wherever she went. What do we tell him now?”

Mrs. White’s face turned paler. She tried to calm down. “Hey, she’s an adult now. She couldn’t have gotten lost, could she?”

“Let’s wait and see. Maybe she’ll be back in a while. If not…”

Mrs. Larson cut her off, “No ifs or buts. Let’s call Mr. Alvarez.”

Mrs. White stopped her by pressing down her hand. “Are you mad? If he knows we didn’t follow Madam around and that it’s why she hasn’t returned home yet, we’ll be fired in no time.

After hesitating for a bit, Mrs. Larson agreed with her and didn’t try to ring Lewis anymore.

They both grabbed an umbrella each and decided to search for her again.

Following the path outside the mansion, their search lasted for more than two hours, but it

was to no avail.

They returned to the mansion feeling really anxious. Even Mrs. White began to feel scared.

“I think we should call Mr. Alvarez.” It was almost ten at night already, after all.

Mrs. Larson shot her a look. “We should have done that earlier on!”

spoke, she reached for her phone and called Lewis. But the screen showed that

on another call.

up and tried to call a few more times,

Exhausted, she sat on the couch. “We’ll

couldn’t reach Lewis, nor could

would be where

same time, Lewis received a call from an unknown number. But the

me, Lewis! I’m being kidnapped! They want you to

Lewis furrowed his

don’t know, I don’t know where I am. It’s so dark here. I can’t

she was done talking, a stranger spoke through the phone, “Lewis Alvarez, if you want to save your lover, bring over five million dollars in cash five hours from now. If you

tone, he said, “Don’t do anything to her. Give me the address, and I’ll come over

was really touched. She sobbed and said, “I know you

the man suddenly said, “No, I’ve changed my mind. Five million is too cheap for you to get your lover back. I want twenty million. Send the money to this bank account right now, and bring

deepened. His tone turned colder as he spoke,

you want your lover to be alive? You’ll have to follow what we say. We won’t

quite gorgeous, isn’t she? I wonder how it would feel to have some fun with

since she’s able to stay with you for such a long time. After I’m

corneas,

touching her body. She trembled

her face and dampened her black

years. I’ve been with you for

it difficult for her to speak clearly. Her words carried a profound sense of sorrow and hopelessness. She only realized

passed by in a blink of an eye; she even thought that it was

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moment Lewis heard “seven years,” a flash of complicated emotions appeared in his eyes. He only spoke after a long while. “Okay, I’ll do

man snickered loudly. “I knew you wouldn’t be able to give up this beauty. But make

out that you’re bringing another person, we can’t guarantee that you will

Sierra’s heart sank

see, she still turned toward the direction of the phone, as if her hopeless eyes could be seen

Lewis was silent.

loud that even the thunder from the surroundings couldn’t hide it. The

Alvarez, we’re not as patient as you think.”

but with no emotions. It was soon overwhelmed by the sound of thunder.