What Separates Me and You novel Chapter 151

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There was no answer. 

Josephine knocked on the door two more times after that before the door finally swung open. Lewis stood at the door coldly as he looked at her, his stance radiating superiority. 

She signed out of habit, “Eat.” 

Lewis stared at her fingertips, his eyes darkening. Suddenly, he grabbed her wrist and pushed her against the wall. 

“Can’t you speak now?” 

Josephine stared at his face, merely inches away from hers. She opened her mouth, but nothing came out. 

Her lips were uncooperative, and the pace at which she spoke was slower than when she signed. Despite her prolonged efforts, no words emerged. 

Lewis gazed at her indifferently. His thumb rubbed against her cheek before it traced the outlines of her lips. 

“What were you thinking? I asked you to come back with me, and you refused, then you went and jumped off a cliff. Now, you’re in front of me and asking me to eat? What’s the meaning of all this?” 

She bit her lip, her gaze burning as she looked at him. She didn’t know how to explain any of it to him. 

Lewis‘ voice was calm and composed, as if he were simply holding an everyday conversation. with her. “Is being with me that unbearable for you?” 

She shook her head. 

“Do you feel that everywhere, as long as it’s not by my side, is freedom to you? Even if it means death?” His cool voice was tinged with inexplicable traces of melancholy and 

disappointment. 

Josephine’s heart sank. She raised her hand and grabbed his fingers, looking deeply into his 

eyes. 

There wasn’t much emotion in his eyes. The way he looked at her was no different from usual. 

Yet, Josephine felt somewhat uneasy. 

She needed to express the words she couldn’t speak somehow, so she stood on tiptoes and pressed her lips against his. It was the only thing she knew how to do now. 

Lewis was unmoved by her actions. He let her kiss him clumsily, offering nothing in return.. 

His stoicism shattered her heart. A surge of bitterness washed over her, and tears blurred her 

vision. 

Before, as long as she was the one to initiate, Lewis would respond to her touch no matter how angry he was. 

He had never been this cold before. 

Josephine raised her hand to unbutton his shirt. 

Suddenly, he grabbed her wrists, and she was forced to look at him. Anger flickered in his eyes as soon as her gaze met his. 

Lewis grasped her waist and forcefully turned her around, pressing her against the wall. 

“Is that all you know how to do? 

“Did you do this to Seth too?” His breath fanned her ear. His voice was low, but every syllable he uttered pierced her heart regardless. 

“Do you 

think every man would fall for this trick of yours?” 

Her face was pressed flat against the wall. She tried to shake her head as she felt a chilling sensation spreading through her body. 

“N–n–no-.” She forced the syllables out of her mouth. 

“No, what?” 

“There’s-” Her face was red, and yet there was no way she could speak a complete sentence no matter how hard she tried. 

“Yes or no?” 

“No- 

“No? If not, why did you listen to everything he said?” His fingers landed on her waist, his voice low and hoarse. “Or, is it that you simply lack the attention of men?” 

Upon hearing those unbearably ugly accusations, the tears in her eyes couldn’t help but fall. 

“Am I not enough to satisfy you?” 

Josephine shook her head frantically. She turned with much effort and looked at him pleadingly. 

“Ea–ea–eat.” 

The corners of his mouth curved upward. There was a hint of mockery in his smile. 

He released her and turned to walk downstairs. “Eat it yourself.” 

Josephine turned in his direction and watched his back. She raised an arm to wipe away her 

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tears. 

She clearly saw that flash of scorn in his eyes when he looked at her just now. 

He despised her. 

She should have noticed it earlier. The night before, in the cave, he had restrained the madness in his eyes and did not touch her. 

Perhaps there had been a brief moment of wonder or even curiosity as he discovered for the first time that she could speak. 

And yet, that curiosity was nowhere near enough to outweigh the magnitude of the choice she had made in the homestead. It could never excuse the fact that she’d abandoned him and run 

toward Seth instead. 

He was a proud man. He would never sit back and let the things he owned betray him and run into someone else’s arms. 

In his eyes, her behavior meant that she had left him in body and spirit. As long as she had done it out of her own accord, it was the lowest, filthiest betrayal and disgrace she could possibly inflict upon him. 

His chasing after her and jumping off the cliff after her was the greatest kindness and magnanimity he could ever show her. 

Josephine went downstairs and looked at the gradually cooling dishes on the dining table. She sat down wordlessly. 

She sat there at the dining table all night. 

Eventually, she fell asleep with her head on the table. When she’d awakened, it was already morning, but Lewis had never returned. 

Noiselessly, Josephine grabbed her utensils and ate a few bites of the cold food. 

Then, she changed and hailed a cab to the company. 

She supposed she could only see him in the company now. 

When she arrived, she sensed an acute shift in the atmosphere. Something was off. She hadn’t heard anyone talking to one another as she made her way to her office. 

Contrary to its usual vibrance, the current atmosphere was lifeless and dull. 

“Josephine, did you take another day off?” Her colleague smiled and greeted her. 

She nodded and went to her own workstation. She hadn’t been to work for too many days. She had long forgotten about the work she was supposed to do. 

Still, she vaguely remembered that Hilary was supposed to bring her her workload. 

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