What Separates Me and You

Chapter 143 She’s Nothing To Him

Josephine’s gaze flickered as she turned to look at the door. The door was shut tight, with no sign of

anyone coming in or leaving recently.

A look of bewilderment crossed her face. She wondered if she was still somehow in her dreams.

She even wondered if she had been hallucinating.

She stood up from the ground. After sitting on the cold, hard floor for too long, her legs were utterly

numb. They buckled underneath her, and she fell back onto the couch immediately.

Josephine rubbed her calves. The tingling numbness in them was so unpleasant that she winced

painfully.

Subsequently, as she moved the muscles in her cheek, the tightness on her face became more

apparent. She was almost certain now that she hadn’t been dreaming or hallucinating.

Someone had indeed applied medication on her cheeks.

Could it be that there was someone else in here with her?

Before she could figure it out, the door was pushed open, and Seth walked into the room.

This time, he wore an off-white suit, which accentuated his tall and slender figure. His long, graceful

legs were especially notable, almost on par with Lewis’ appearance.

Seth walked over to her side and looked down at her.

Josephine’s fingers tightened over the couch as she watched him anxiously.

After a while, he crouched beside her and unlocked the metal chains encircling her ankles.

“Go and cook.”

Josephine was stunned for a moment before slowly standing up, dragging her sore feet behind her as

she walked outside.

The weather had cleared overnight, but the sky remained cloudy. Dark clouds loomed over the

mountaintops, creating an ominous atmosphere, as though threatening to crash down and meld with

the ground below, blurring the boundary between heaven and earth.

Josephine went to the kitchen to get a basket before picking vegetables from the backyard. As she was

worried about it raining later, she gathered enough to last a whole day.

Then, with a large basket brimming with vegetables in her arms, she stumbled her way back to the

main building. The soles of her shoes were caked with a thick layer of dirt. The ground was slick, so

she ended up falling over a couple of times,

When she reached the side of the courtyard, she squatted down and scraped off the mud on her shoes

with a branch.

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Seth stood by the door all this while, watching the figure squatting by the yard. The wool jacket she had

on was overly long, with its trailing her sweeping along the ground as she

walked.

After cleaning the dirt off her shoes, Josephine took her basket of vegetables to the kitchen and started

bustling around her usual meal preparation routine.

It included fetching water from the well, cleaning and cutting the vegetables, and heating the stove

before cooking all the raw ingredients.

As she washed the vegetables, she saw Seth standing by the door from the corner of her His eyes had

a distant look, as if he was anticipating the arrival of someone.

eye.

Noticing her gaze, Seth tilted his head in her direction. Immediately, Josephine withdrew her gaze and

concentrated on washing the vegetables.

Afterward, she entered the kitchen.

She had just finished preparing their meal when she heard the sound of a car’s horn blaring from the

outside. Her hands stilled, along with the motion of the pan she held.

Josephine hastily set down the plate she had been holding and hurried to the door. She clung to the

door frame, discreetly peering outside.

As soon as she saw the black Maybach enter the courtyard, her grip tightened, and her breath stopped

for a moment.

The car parked in the middle of the yard steadily. The door opened, and Lewis walked out of

the vehicle.

He was clad in a dark outfit-a stark contrast to the light suit Seth wore. The light and the dark resided

on opposing sides, divided by the vast expanse of the courtyard, like two distinct. entities from separate

universes.

“Where is she?” Lewis spoke first.

Seth looked at him, a smile on his face. “I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. I really thought you

could hold your ground.”

Lewis ignored the nonsense he was spewing. Instead, his gaze swept over the homestead and focused

on the kitchen, meeting Josephine’s eyes directly.

Josephine pursed her lips. He’d found her so easily, after all. Everything Seth had said was true.

Lewis had known where she was all along. He was just prioritizing his other affairs over her.

She supposed it was fitting. What was she to him anyway? She wasn’t worth him sacrificing everything

for-not his profit gains, career, or even life.

Her face fell with her gaze, and she silently retreated behind the door.

Lewis started to walk in the direction of the kitchen. But before he could move, a hand shot out and

obstructed his path.

He raised his head slightly and looked at Seth, who was blocking his way.

Seth started, “If you approach her like this, you would only scare her. Moreover, if you wanted to take

her away, shouldn’t you at least ask for her opinion?”

Lewis’ indifferent gaze clouded with murderous intent. “Seth, while I still have the patience to deal with

your nonsense, you better act wisely and get out of my way!”

Lewis’ words did not anger Seth. Instead, he smiled and had no intentions whatsoever of moving. “Oh,

Lewis, you came here by yourself, and now you’re saying things like this. Don’t you think it’s a bit

ridiculous?”