What Separates Me and You

Chapter 332 The Cold Mercilessness of His Words

Bad-tempered patients weren’t that uncommon, but none of them could rival Lewis’ petulance.

For others, at least their rage was justified, but Lewis’ was already at an all-time high when the doctor hadn’t even opened his mouth to speak since entering the ward.

If he hadn’t fainted earlier, the doctors wouldn’t have found the opportunity to operate on him -he was that obstinate.

The doctor turned to Josephine now. “I have to examine Mr. Alvarez’s wounds. Could

Josephine immediately understood the implicit meaning behind his words.

you…”

She glanced at Lewis, thought about it for a moment, and approached him slowly, signing as she did.

Yet, Lewis hardly spared him a single glance.

Awkwardness flooded the room, tainting everyone in it, the doctor included.

Lewis was no longer at the age appropriate to throw such a childish tantrum.

Josephine squatted down in front of him and tugged at his arm.

“I’m not dying anytime soon. What’s there to examine?” he replied impatiently.

His brashness rendered her speechless.

The doctor explained hurriedly, “Mr. Alvarez, whether or not you die is not up to you to decide. I am the one making that call here.” He paused slightly before adding, “This injury of yours should have been operated on long ago. You’ve delayed treatment for so long that it’s already exacerbated more significantly than anyone could ever anticipate. I need to see how well you’re recovering after the surgery to ensure there aren’t any unforeseen complications.”

Lewis simply sat on the couch and looked at the doctor wordlessly.

“Are

you really not in pain?” the doctor asked.

The anesthesia should have worn off by now.

Josephine tugged at his arms again, her eyes wide and pleading.

When Lewis finally turned to glance at her, tears had already welled up in her eyes.

Conrad had called it, after all.

The glimmer of her tears stirred something foreign and complicated within him.

make a move, Josephine’s tears began to trickle down her

of losing him, of watching him slip away in

the only one left on this planet.

arms to rub his temples.

causing his body to sway violently. After

to steady

arm away from her grip and returned to the bed at long last, allowing

chest, on the other hand, wasn’t simply a fracture anymore. The condition it had been in before the surgery had resulted from his aggravation- one that

we’re not missing anything crucial.” Then, seeing

he prepared to finish up his check-up, the doctor reminded Josephine to have Lewis

it with swift precision and instructed her to press the call button once

around a corner as

sigh of relief as she watched him receive the IV drip without complaint, raising her arms to sign, “You need to

at her from

cigarettes on his bedside table. “You can smoke

better.”

of the day, she was still afraid of his

a fit of rage and ignore her in the days

sighed, gripping her hands tightly. “Fine. I’ll listen

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words before a radiant

in the undisturbed silence of the moment. It was nice to share a

rapidly setting, night falling and once again shrouding Elysium in

descended, for New Year’s Eve called for blazing lights and fireworks adorning the velvety night sky with their brilliance. Yet, despite the earth- shattering blasts and the crowds teeming with

ever.

that, Josephine leaned into Lewis’ embrace, the two of them listening to the sound of fireworks erupting in the sky above them, watching the sky light up in

rang, shattering the stillness of their shared moment. Immediately, Josephine scrambled to hand him

from

marred his features, his brows perpetually knitted, but he answered the

voice filtered through the phone as soon as the call connected. “Lewis, hi. Are you not in Elysium today? It’s

he waited for his mother to finish bombarding him with

loitering outside, today

the recent happenings in Elysium. Being someone who seldom kept up with the news, it was not entirely unexpected. In her eyes, the incident on the cruise ship could very well be another news article unworthy of her time and attention. She did. not know that her

Your father’s not at home, your sister is still in jail, and you-you’re not here either, which

with despair the more she spoke, stark loneliness permeating her words.

has gone

speak for a long time, though

in frustration after a long pause. “Why

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there

really not coming