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!”

reached for her phone and called Lewis. But the screen showed

on another call.

to call a few more times, but his

she sat on the couch. “We’ll

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

be where

unknown number. But the voice from

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

are you?” Lewis

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

said, “Don’t do anything to her. Give me the address,

touched. She sobbed and

mind. Five million is too cheap for you to get your lover back. I want twenty million. Send the money

tone turned colder as he spoke, “You better

the 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

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

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

corneas, a heart…”

body. She trembled even

and

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

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

all these years by Lewis’ side. Time passed by in a blink of an eye; she even thought that it was just yesterday when

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

give up this beauty.

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

Sierra’s heart sank

of the phone, as if her hopeless eyes

Lewis was silent.

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

we’re not as patient as you

the phone but with no emotions.