What Separates Me and You

Chapter 344 A Kite With Its Lines Cut

Eager for an answer, Nancy tightly grasped Lewis’ arm.

Several moments later, Lewis leaned forward and tapped his cigarette against the table to remove.

the ashes. Then, he turned to look at her. “We haven’t come to that yet.”

Nancy was stunned. “What do you mean?”

Nevertheless, she managed to process the meaning behind his words almost immediately-Lewis disagreed with her proposal. Nancy was vexed but did a good job keeping her temper in check.

Are you aware that your old man can’t even be bothered to return home nowadays? What do you mean ‘we haven’t come to that yet’? Tell me then, at which point will you regard it the appropriate time to take action? Is it when they finally snatch everything from you and kick us out of this house? Is this because you’re unwilling to give up on that mute? If I remember correctly, she’s

now married to Quintin, isn’t she? You’re keeping someone else’s wife by your side. Things won’t look good for you if word of this spreads.”

Lewis stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray. He pinched his eyebrows, getting crossed. “I don’t think there’s a need for this conversation to go on if that’s all you have to say.”

“You…” Nancy choked with fury but dared not lose her temper.

Lewis was no longer her good, obedient son. He was like a kite with its lines cut; she could only

run after him with no hopes of pulling his strings again.

If she pissed him off and he decided to leave her for good, she would be entirely on her own.

At that thought, Nancy simmered down and looked at Lewis woefully. “Lewis, this is for your own

good-”

Lewis interrupted her before she could finish speaking, “Enough. I’ve heard enough of that.”

Standing up, he shifted his frosty gaze to Nancy. “If you’re really concerned about me, stop

meddling in my affairs. Be it Kiran or Robert, I’ll deal with them. You can stop fretting over them.”

“You-”

to allow others to step over my

shook Nancy to the

eyes widened as she stared blankly at

had a

as he was fond of that mute, he wouldn’t be so imprudent as to disregard his own

for her.

be at risk if those people eventually managed

would be of no worth, wouldn’t

her mind, Nancy’s expression softened, and she grabbed Lewis’ hand “Alright,

hand several times before

since you know what

afraid. If she grew distant from her son, what would

He ruminated before asking. “Didn’t he come home at all

“He returned twice but only stayed

eyes on the floor,

that he had his ways. Holding his hand, she said, “I had some free time on my hands recently and learned several new dishes. Come,

From her expression, she was trying

to

table, her eyes glancing at, the door every now and then She

played with the food on her plate. A wide

her behavior and urgently said, “Madam, please at least drink this broth if you don’t have the

bowl Mrs Larson handed her for some

heaved a sigh of relief Then, she collected the

Mrs White had left for home due to personal reasons. She had been gone for quite some time now,

dirty tableware to the kitchen, Josephine opened the mansion

at the wrought iron gate. The gate lamps flanking the driveway entrance were still on,

figure climbing over the wall into the yard. She rubbed her eyes, thinking that

looked at that spot again

scared, Josephine was about to enter the mansion when she heard a faint voice calling her

Quintin standing outside the door Thoroughly soaked, his hair was plastered to his face. At first glance, anyone would’ve thought he was a ghost, and so did Josephine She was shocked when she saw him but soon identified him as the man she saw earlier in the day.