What Separates Me and You

Chapter 125 Paint a Rosy Picture

Josephine clenched her fists immediately. For a moment, she thought Lewis had hidden a bug on her.

The latter continued, “Alright now. There’s no need for you to be scared. I won’t do anything to you.

After all, you’re still injured.”

Once he was done speaking, he lifted Josephine’s nightgown to check on her injuries.

Josephine remained seated on the cold floor. She had to tense her muscles up in order to control her

impulse to shiver.

Lewis got up to his feet and walked out of the bathroom. Soon, he returned with a medical kit.

He crouched down and removed Josephine’s bandages for her. Her wounds were nearly healed, but

there was a small section of bandages that he couldn’t remove.

Josephine looked up at the man.

Lewis’ head remained lowered, and his attention was on her wounds.

However, Josephine could feel chills seeping into her heart. If Lewis were to find out what Seth had

done to her earlier, he wouldn’t be so gentle to her right now.

He would submerge her underwater in the bathtub, just like he did last time. Either that, or he might

resort to other methods to punish her.

Lewis didn’t do any of that. He looked very calm and collected, which meant he knew everything.

Suddenly, Josephine heard him utter, “It will be over soon.”

The woman’s mind went blank for a moment. She couldn’t understand what he meant by that

sentence.

She asked herself, “What would be over soon?”

Did he mean that he would be done bandaging her wounds soon, or was he talking about something

else?

Josephine didn’t want to cram her brain with complicated thoughts. She was suffering from a headache

right now, and the pain would definitely intensify if she started overusing it.

Once Lewis was done bandaging Josephine’s wounds, he picked her up and left the bathroom.

However, he didn’t put her on her bed. Instead, he brought her to the room next door and put. her on

that bed.

Meanwhile, Seth leaned against the wall downstairs with a cigarette between his fingers. He

tilted his head upward to gaze at the moon hidden by the dark clouds. Then, he exhaled a puff of

smoke slowly.

He stood there for an indeterminate amount of time before flicking his cigarette to the ground and

leaving the mansion grounds.

Josephine had no idea how she had fallen asleep.

Last night, Lewis had lain on the bed with her, probably out of guilt. She didn’t dare to move an inch

after that. When she opened her eyes again, it was already 9 am.

Strangely enough, Lewis had yet to leave the mansion by then.

When Josephine opened her eyes, she saw him leaning against the bedpost with his eyes closed. He

seemed to be in deep thought.

She remained silent for a moment, contemplating whether or not to get out of bed. Eventually, she

decided against it and stayed in bed.

Lewis seemed to have sensed something. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and lowered his head to look

in Josephine’s direction.

That caused her heart to skip a beat out of nervousness.

She hesitated briefly before raising her hands to gesture at him. “Are you not going to the company

today?”

“Nope.” Lewis reached out to pat her head. “Are you hungry?”

Josephine shook her head in response.

It was just a random question on Lewis’ end. He had already picked up his phone and started texting

someone when Josephine replied.

Her mouth twitched slightly as she lay quietly next to Lewis. While the latter texted on his phone with

one hand, he continued caressing her head with his other hand as if he was petting

a puppy.

Meanwhile, Lily appeared at the doorstep of Alvarez Manor with some documents in her arms. She

completely ignored the housekeepers who greeted her in the mansion as she made her way toward

Robert’s study.

She knocked on the door. As expected, Robert was there.

After Lily entered the study, she passed the documents to him. “Dad, why did decide to kick Lewis out

of the directors’ board?”

you suddenly

Robert accepted the documents from his daughter, clearly in deep thought. Finally, he heaved a deep

sigh. “You won’t understand the reason why.”

It was natural for Lily not to understand, but that didn’t stop her from supporting her father’s decision.

Back then, Robert was the one who gave her her portion of the shares. Even if he wanted to take that

portion away from her, she couldn’t deny his request. It was impossible for her to say no, after all.

However, Lily was more inclined to believe the truth in Robert’s words.

Since Lewis took over Alvarez Corp, Nancy’s side of the family was kicked out of the company thanks

to his efforts.

Lily’s company started shrinking in size and operation because of Lewis’ active oppression. It could

only rely on its affiliation with Alvarez Corp to survive.

“No matter what your final decision is, I will always support you. I had someone draft this contract last

night. Please look through it, Dad. I’ve already signed it. If there are any problems with the clauses, I’ll

amend them. If there aren’t any problems, whatever happens after this will be none of my business.”

Robert nodded while flashing Lily a pleased smile.

“Lily, I’ll make sure you get your fair share of rewards since you chose to place your trust in me. You’ll

undoubtedly receive greater rewards in the future compared to what you’ll obtain

now.”

The woman envisioned the rosy picture that Robert had just painted for her, causing her to reveal a hint

of a pleased smile on her face. However, she quickly suppressed it.

At that moment, her phone started ringing.

Lily dug out her phone, soon realizing that it was an unknown number. So, she killed the call

immediately.

The same phone number called her again in less than three seconds. Slightly aggravated by the

unknown caller, Lily said to Robert, “I’m going to answer a call outside for a moment, Dad.”

Robert nodded in response. “Go ahead.”

Lily walked out of the study briskly to answer the call. Just as she was about to speak, the person on

the other end of the line spoke up first. “Lily Alvarez, do not sign that contract if you want your children

to live.”

“What did you say?” The woman was shell-shocked after hearing the order. “Who are you? How did

you know I was about to sign a contract?”

“Shh! Lower your voice right now! Don’t speak so loudly! Your children are in my hands right now!

Think this through, Alvarez! Also, if you dare tell Robert what happened, I’ll make sure to shut your

children up permanently!”

The moment the kidnapper stopped speaking, he hung up on Lily. She started yelling into her phone

anxiously.

At that moment, the butler of her mansion called her on the phone, making her heart skip a beat

uneasily.

“Mrs. Moss, something terrible, just happened! Master Caleb and Ms. Penny disappeared on their way

to school!”

Lily froze up at that moment. Her phone slid out of her grip and fell to the floor with a loud clatter.

“What’s wrong, Lily?” Robert asked from the study.

All Lily could think of at that time was her children. She couldn’t be bothered to explain the situation to

Robert. After bending down to pick up her phone, she immediately rushed out of Alvarez Manor.

As she ran, she started dialing the unknown number over and over again, only to realize that her calls

kept failing to go through.

Lily didn’t even stop in her tracks when she ran past Daphne.

Daphne happened to be cradling Bambam when Lily ran past her. She watched the latter’s wretched

silhouette leaving her line of sight while patting her baby’s back.

If one were to study her expression at that moment, one would have noticed the hint of nervousness

and daze in her eyes.

As Lily ran, she suddenly remembered that she had already signed the contract, prompting her to turn

around and return to Alvarez Manor.

By the time she returned to the study, Robert was no longer there.

The frantic woman quickly flagged down one of the nearby housekeepers and asked, “Where’s my

father? Where did he go?”

“M-Mr. Alvarez had already left the mansion.”

Lily turned on her heel and chased after Robert. However, she reached the mansion grounds just in

time to see Robert’s car disappearing from her line of sight.

At that moment, her knees turned to jelly, causing her to collapse weakly.

“It’s over…Everything is over…”

Just then, Daphne approached Lily with Bambam in her arms. She asked worriedly, “What happened,

Lily?”

Lily raised her head and stared at Daphne, tears already brimming in her eyes. She opened her mouth,

but she was unable to say anything.

All she could do was sit on the ground. It had rained the night before, so many puddles were on the

ground. Lily could care less about them, seeing as she could only sit there in such a wretched state.

She forced herself to calm down as she quickly dialed Robert’s phone number. Before he could say

anything, she started sobbing her words out. “Dad, you mustn’t sign the contract! Please come back

right now!”

“Why?”

Her voice was already choking up, Lily wanted to tell Robert the truth very badly, but she quickly

recalled the kidnapper’s warning. She could only cry as she said, “There are still problems with the

contract. Please bring it back for me so that I can inspect everything again.”

“I’ve already looked through the contract. There aren’t any problems with it. Lily, remember what I said.

Since you’ve already made your decision, you should stop overthinking about it.”

After that, Robert hung up on Lily right away.

“Dad!”