What Separates Me and You

Chapter 278 What an Unfamiliar Word

It was already morning when Josephine woke up.

She clambered up from bed in a daze. She felt an excruciating pain when her palm came in contact with the sheets.

Josephine intuitively raised her hands before her eyes. Both were in bandages. Wounds were also all over her fingertips and had Band-Aids over them.

Confusion flashed in her eyes.

Something peeked through the clouds in her mind, but it disappeared when she focused on it, leaving her in suspense.

Frustration rose within her.

Suddenly, the door opened, and Seth walked in. Josephine looked at him. This man was

another reason for her confusion.

Seth wore a black tuxedo with a longer lapel today. As he strode in, he lowered his eyes, and their

gazes met.

Josephine hadn’t ceased being surprised whenever she saw him. She would secretly guess his gender. Then, she saw his Adam’s apple. She gestured, “Who are you?”

Seth read her gestures, and his lips curled into a smile. “Have you forgotten me again?”

Josephine frowned.

Seth sat beside her and reached out to touch the top of her head. Josephine flinched.

However, he still managed to touch her. He caressed her and said smilingly, “I’m your brother -have you forgotten?”

Josephine was stunned. She sized him up. She had no memories of having a brother.

Seth took advantage of her memory loss and started fabricating lies. “We lost each other when you were five. I’d been searching for you all these years and had finally located you three years ago. But you’ve forgotten all about me now. How sad.”

Josephine’s eyes gradually widened. She remembered being adopted into the Alvarez family when she was five, but she remembered nothing of her life prior to that.

She acknowledged that she wasn’t one of the Alvarez family. Therefore, she gave Seth the benefit of the doubt.

missed home all these years when

Daphne bullied her. She would always imagine having parents

from bullies if she

utter dismay, she didn’t even know

Every night, she would be afraid that

Josephine felt something squeeze

eyes and the smile on his

you think

her mouth, and her tears fell uncontrollably. She shook her head and gestured, “But why do I

patiently explained to her, providing details about her condition and

and checked the time and date to verify his

had no reason to doubt

phone and stared back at Seth, her eyes boring into

gentle, like the

led Josephine to let her

me now?” asked Seth.

hesitated before she gestured, “I do.”

with more force and pulled her into his

her lips together. She tried to speak but failed

gaze to look at her. He

thoughts might be

even if she did speak-she would

against him. She heard his heartbeat and smelled the faint scent of pine on him.

his scent somewhat familiar and disliked it somewhere deep down.

Josephine set up a wall between her and Seth, putting

for a while before releasing

It might be psychological, but her stomach cooperatively rumbled just as she heard his question.

“Come on, let’s get something to eat,” he said as he headed outside.

several seconds before getting out of bed. She picked up her phone and saw unread messages. She clicked on

was the one

didn’t say much except that Lewis suffered severe injuries, and he hoped Josephine would visit Lewis.

when she

Was Lewis injured?

lost her appetite after she learned