Ex-Husband's Endless Pestering (Josie and Henry) novel Chapter 270

Thomas left Ashley's house. He was wearing a baseball cap and kept his head down all the time.

Therefore, he didn't notice that Henry's men were tailing him.

Meanwhile, back at the abandoned basement, Henry had a darkened expression, and he wasn't saying anything.

"Mr. Gibson, he's keeping his mouth shut. He wouldn't tell us anything, no matter what we did. He said he'll only tell us what we want to know if we let him see Hazel."

"Mr. Gibson, our men are tailing Thomas as we speak."

"Keep tailing him, and don't let him know," said Henry in a deep voice.

"There's definitely something going on between Ashley and Thomas," thought Henry. "Something really big."

"What should we do with Sergio?" Henry's men didn't know what else they could do.

"Keep him here. We'll continue after Hazel is found."

Henry already possessed some evidence of Spike's crime while things were getting to a climax with Zachary, too.

"The most important thing is to find Hazel first, and then we'll hand Sergio to the police. The old case from before would be reopened as long as Sergio turned himself in. I would be able to give Josie's parents justice, and then everything would finally... be over."

Meanwhile, Josie and Samuel were both at Samuel's place. The two of them had just come back from grocery shopping after Josie got off from work.

This was the kind of life she had yearned for in the past. It was simple but filled with happiness.

But somehow... Josie still felt like all of it was just a dream—that she would be left with nothing once she woke up.

"You look very pale. Are you feeling ok?" Samuel could always tell when Josie wasn't feeling too well.

Josie nodded her head and pinched Samuel's face. "Does it hurt?"

Samuel smiled helplessly, "Yeah..."

"That's good..." It was not a dream.

"Shouldn't you still pinch yourself if you want to check whether you're dreaming?" Samuel, with a smile on his face, pinched Josie's cheek. "Does it hurt?"

Josie's eyes turned red, and Josie rested her head on Samuel's shoulder. "Will you ever get tired of living like this?"

Samuel sighed and hugged Josie, "No."

But Josie was afraid that Samuel would get tired of her.

In fact, it was definitely not all of Henry's fault that things ended up how Henry and Josie were.

Josie was also "sick."

She suffered from an anxiety disorder, depression, and paranoia. Not to mention, she was insecure about everything.

Her emotions were like a roller coaster ride. She would vacillate between happiness and sadness at the drop of a hat.

Most of the time, she was wary of her scarily accurate sixth sense, which always told her when something awful was going to happen.

Not to mention, she would fall into an infinite vicious cycle until she found herself drowning in her emotions with no one to save her.

She was afraid that she would die of mental illness instead of leukemia.

Even if... things hadn't gotten that bad yet.

She was afraid that one day, she would become more and more sensitive.

Because relying too much on another person would make her lose her sense of self.

She was afraid that her over-reliance on Samuel after he pulled her out of hell would ultimately end up hurting them both.

After all, there was no guarantee he would love her forever.

"Josie, as long as I live, I will always love you," Samuel said in a soft voice, comforting her.

He was willing to use the rest of his life to slowly heal her emotional scars.

If she let him.