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 he was

on another call.

give up and tried to call a few more times, but his line remained busy.

while, Mrs. Larson gave up. Exhausted, she sat on the couch. “We’ll

They couldn’t reach Lewis, nor could they find Josephine.

be where their careers end.

a call from an unknown number. But the voice

me, Lewis! I’m being kidnapped! They

Lewis

sobbing, “I don’t know, I don’t know where I am. It’s so

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 don’t, we’ll kill her.”

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

that, Sierra was really touched. She sobbed and said,

to get your lover

colder as he spoke, “You better not push

line. “So what if I do? Don’t you want your lover to be alive? You’ll have to follow what we say. We won’t hold

she? I wonder how it would feel to have some

stay with you for such a long time. After I’m satisfied, her body parts might

corneas,

could feel someone touching her body. She trembled even

and dampened her black blindfold.

… Seven years. I’ve been with you for almost seven years already

sobbed uncontrollably, making it difficult for her to speak clearly. Her words carried a profound sense of sorrow and hopelessness. She

side. Time passed by in a blink of an eye; she even thought

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his eyes. He only spoke after a long while. “Okay, I’ll do what

to give up this beauty. But make sure to come

we can’t guarantee that you will see

Sierra’s heart sank

she still turned toward the direction of the phone, as if her hopeless eyes could be seen through the black blindfold.

Lewis was silent.

from the surroundings couldn’t

not as patient as you think.”

voice could be heard from the phone but with no emotions.