What Separates Me and You

Chapter 261 She’s So Far Away

Lewis smoked quietly for a while before his lips curled into a smile. “That’s easy. You and your family can just move to another country. Problem solved.”

Derek’s eyes became as wide as saucers. He finally realized that it was Lewis’ actual goal.

Once he became the owner of Moss Corporation, he would then exile the Moss family to an overseas country, thus snuffling any possibilities of them making a grand return once and for

all

Now that everything finally clicked into place, Derek couldn’t help but laugh through gritted teeth. “I see. As expected of you, Lewis Alvarez.”

He stood up from the couch and furiously stomped out of the office.

Lewis ignored the furious man who just left the office. Instead, he tilted his head to glance at Seth, who had yet to go.

“You seem to have so much free time on your hands today, Mr. Fairchild. Have you started your holidays in advance?”

Seth shrugged casually while smiling at Lewis. “I’m here to receive Derek on your behalf, Chairman Alvarez. Or could it be that you’re hoping for someone else to receive him?”

The “someone else” that Seth was referring to could only mean one person.

Lewis replied, “I was hoping that he’d be the one receiving him.”

Seth raised an eyebrow in response, having immediately understood the underlying meaning

in Lewis’ reply.

If Kiran did end up working with Derek, the latter would transfer him his shares. Knowing Kiran, he would never merge Moss Corporation with Alvarez Corp. If he were to merge Moss Corporation with an international company that was based in an overseas country, the procedures he needed to go through would be more problematic and complicated unless Kiran decided to take over Moss Corporation as an individual. Once he did that, Lewis would have a

perfect reason to kick him out of Alvarez Corp.

Hence, all Kiran had been doing recently was stirring up trouble as much as he could. He wanted to prevent Derek from giving the shares to Lewis. Either that, or he could prevent Lewis from signing the contract.

Seth nodded in response. “Alright, then I’ll resume my work. I’ve already compiled the information you sent to me previously. When are we traveling to Hardington?”

“In three days.”

Seth hummed in response before shooting a meaningful look in Lewis’ direction. Even though

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he was unable to discern anything based on the latter’s expression, he still stared at him for a couple of seconds before leaving the office.

That evening, Lewis returned to Styx Mansion.

It was his third time going home over the past half a month.

Josephine happened to be watching television at that time. It was an episode of Looney Tunes, but she still leaned against the couch, looking quite bored. At the same time, she spaced out while staring at the screen.

heard Mrs. Larson greeting Lewis respectfully. Then, she managed to prop herself upward and sat on the couch properly before turning her head to look at the silhouette standing at the doorway.

upstairs right away, Lewis decided to approach Josephine and sit beside

staring at each other the

his expression was still cold as ever. There was no spark of the old Lewis tucked

had passed, yet Josephine had never

spend time with her in the past, he tended to have a small smile curled on his lips. Affection always glinted in

eyes. They looked even colder than the melting snow outside the mansion.

Lewis’ expression

his hand shot out to grip her chin tightly. “What exactly are

her to shove him away subconsciously. Unfortunately, she lacked physical strength and could not

to communicate with a mute. Those who had come

was often the fuel that ignited everyone’s flames of

across her cheek. Naturally, she tried

that he could force her to look at him. Then, Lewis asked again, “Do you

Josephine remained silent.

man before her was. Perhaps she did know, but she

on Josephine’s face. At

sudden and placed her hand

was very soft, as though it was made of

brows, where she started massaging the spot between his brows with one thumb, hoping to

her passionately

wanted with him.

before stopping right on the corner of his mouth. After

as though she was fiddling around with a doll by arranging it to make a

satisfied with.

cheer and joy in

ever return

moment, she felt Lewis gripping her wrist and removing her hand from his face. The corners of his mouth were quickly pressed into a familiar,

play dumb with me. Just stay here obediently. I don’t care if I’m the person you’re looking for. From

to Lewis’ order. Anger slowly seeped into her

tried to yank it out of the

Lewis maintained an iron-clad grip on her. Instead, he pulled her toward him and moved to grip

defiantly against Lewis. She was practically mustering as much energy as she could to escape from him.

lost his patience, Lewis scooped her into his arms and headed

tossed her onto the bed. Before Josephine could get up, he moved forward and gripped her wrists, thus pinning her down

one more time. Who am I?”

reddened eyes, Josephine studied the cold expression belonging to the man before her. Then, she

admit that he was Lewis

would never be Lewis, and it was as though she refused to acknowledge

forcefully to face him. As he stared into her eyes, he slowly spat out, “You know better than anyone else who I am. You think you can continue fooling yourself into thinking that the old

forgetting to

tender as he

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