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!”

called Lewis. But the screen showed that

on another call.

up and tried to call a

gave up. Exhausted, she sat on the couch. “We’ll call him

choice now. They couldn’t reach Lewis, nor

would be where their

number. But the voice from the other end

was bawling on the phone. “Save me, Lewis! I’m being

you?” Lewis furrowed his brows.

while sobbing, “I don’t know, I don’t know where I am. It’s so dark here. I can’t see anything. Save me! I

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,

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

and said,

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

tone turned colder as he spoke, “You better not push it.”

laughed on the other end of the line. “So what if I do? Don’t you want your lover to

wonder how it would feel to

she’s able to stay with you for such a long time.

pair of corneas, a

feel someone touching her body. She trembled

her face and

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

making it difficult for her to speak clearly. Her words carried a profound sense of sorrow and hopelessness. She only realized that almost seven years had passed after doing some math.

a blink of an eye; she even thought that it was just yesterday when

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complicated emotions appeared in his eyes. He only spoke after a long while. “Okay, I’ll do what you

snickered loudly. “I knew you wouldn’t be able to give up this beauty. But make sure to come alone,

bringing another person, we can’t guarantee that you will see your lover

Sierra’s heart sank

couldn’t see, she still turned toward the direction of the phone, as if her hopeless eyes could

Lewis was silent.

from the surroundings

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

from the phone but with no emotions. It was soon overwhelmed by the sound