What Separates Me and You

Chapter 333 Love Shouldn’t Come In Shackles

Josephine shook her head. She didn’t want a present.

“What is your New Year’s resolution, then?”

She thought about it for a while before signing, “I want you to get better.”

Lewis was slightly taken aback, the intensity of his gaze deepening. “What else?”

“And to be with you forever.”

Lewis chuckled. The younger she got, the harder it was for her to hide her real thoughts. Her inclination to blurt out whatever she had in mind now amused him.

Josephine couldn’t understand the meaning behind his smile, but as he ceased to explain, she could only purse her lips and accompany him as he received his IV treatment.

She had no phone, but being by his side was hardly mundane.

Lewis switched on the TV, and she leaned against the headboard as they watched the New Year’s gala on screen.

The crackling fireworks outside were almost hypnotic by now, their incessant rhythm and the chatter on the television gradually lulling her to sleep.

Lewis switched off the lights, leaving only the white glow of the television and its muffled sound filling the room’s emptiness.

If he tilted his head at just the right angle, he could see her face through the dim lighting surrounding them both, her head resting on his shoulder as she slept soundly. The weight of her face was light on him-perhaps a result of her mindfulness of his injuries. Strands of hair fell on her cheeks as well, and he tucked them back behind her ear gently.

The next day, Gerald and Conrad came by to see the two.

Gerald carried a large fruit basket adorned in red, complete with his equally vibrant

a radiant smile on his face. “Happy New Year, Chairman Alvarez.”

outfit and

Conrad placed the breakfast he had brought on the table as well. “I just asked the doctor about your recovery, Chairman Alvarez, and he said you’re recovering well. You can return home. after a few more days of observation in the hospital.”

Lewis glanced at him briefly. “What about Seth?”

Conrad, too, was startled by his sudden question. It seemed that Seth was nowhere to be found since they’d returned from the island.

“I don’t know. Maybe he went back to Elysium?” he replied.

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of them could tell what was going on in

he spoke, he

not picking up,” he reported shortly

dismissing

gestured to Gerald before turning to leave the ward

none of it was visible from the hospital room. Josephine leaned against the window curiously, peering downward. Despite not being able to see anything, she could hear the sound of drums and a

needle tip out

pulled her into his embrace. “What’s there to see here? Come, let’s go outside.”

lifted her gaze and

Conrad said just now? He said I could

eyes, but she did not question it any further. It really

attention.

reasoning with her. He laced

of the room.

of the hospital, they managed to call a cab to Elysium’s busiest area-

Ecstasia.

had

black hoodie today, similar to the outfits worn by many other guys

as she followed him through the jam- packed queues, a smile gracing her lips.

of them, granting them a swift access, devoid of

large, consisting of various amusement rides and

more thrilling rides and opted to visit

only by bus. They were fortunate enough to snag the only two

was that the bus passengers did not simply include young tourists

The

and laughed, led by a female tour guide who seemed to be in her thirties and was currently explaining their next stop to them. Their conspicuously white hair and presbyopic reading glasses stood out, against all odds.

an elderly couple who were seated across from them, their hands firmly

the saccharine happiness radiating from their faces, her grip on

he wrapped her hand in his and gently caressed the

old woman couldn’t hide her smile any longer as she observed their interaction.

scarcely knowing how to respond.

distant. As for dating,

glanced at the elderly woman’s smile, the blatant interest on her face not unlike the other gossiping women he’d encountered in the past. He was silent for a long while before he answered, “We’re siblings.”

She could acknowledge and accept his definition of

woman smiled kindly, her knowing expression undeniably piercing. “You don’t look alike at all.”