What Separates Me and You novel Chapter 27

What Separates Me and You by Victoria Wilson

Chapter 27 Keep the Child

Lewis did not set foot into the bedroom the entire night. When Josephine woke up the next morning, he was no longer in the mansion.

She stayed in bed and stared at the ceiling for two whole hours before finally getting

out of bed.

Although she had no appetite, she still made some oatmeal and forced herself to eat two servings of it. Then, she took the medicine prescribed by the doctor.

At around five in the evening, someone rang the doorbell.

She opened the door to find Lewis’ assistant, Conrad Berg, standing there.

“Good day, Mrs. Alvarez. President Alvarez sent me to get you.” Conrad nodded at

her politely.

Josephine’s brows knitted together, puzzled. Conrad couldn’t read sign language, so she did not sign anything.

“It’s your birthday today, Mrs. Alvarez. President Alvarez said that you should wear the new clothes you bought yesterday.”

Josephine was surprised. She had thought that Lewis was just comforting her to make her feel better when he said that he would celebrate her birthday with her the day before. She didn’t expect him to mean it at all. She pursed her lips and stood there without moving.

“What is it, Mrs. Alvarez? Do you not wish to go?” Conrad inquired.

Josephine remained silent. He had just burned her belongings yesterday, and now, he was inviting her to a meal, to go shopping, and to celebrate her birthday together as though everything was perfectly normal. Her feelings meant nothing to him.

Looking at how conflicted she was, Conrad couldn’t help but sigh. “No matter what it is, Mrs. Alvarez, President Alvarez is your husband. Wherever you are, that will be his home. Legally speaking, he’s yours.”

Josephine lifted her head and stared straight into his eyes in bewilderment.

Conrad continued, “Since he’s still willing to come back and celebrate your birthday with you, and as long as he still cares about you, it doesn’t make sense for you

to just

give up on him and let someone else have him.”

Conrad did not like Sierra. She did not pull her weight in the company and would always order him around. Even the department managers were polite to him

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because he was Lewis’ assistant. But because she had Lewis backing her up, showed absolutely no respect for the higher-ups in the company.

Sierra

He foresaw himself suffering at her hands if she were to one day take Josephine’s

position.

“Mrs. Alvarez, if you still care for President Alvarez, please do not push him away into someone else’s arms. You need to learn to fight for yourself.”

She pressed her lips into a thin line. Conrad’s words had stirred up a storm within her.

However, she was pregnant now. She could not abandon her child to go after a man who did not care for her. And since Lewis refused to get a divorce, he would learn

about the child sooner or later. When that happened, she might not be able to protect her child too.

Her thoughts were a mess, and she felt like there was a rock weighing down on her heart. She went upstairs to change.

This was not a matter of picking one or another. She did not have the luxury of choice. As long as she still cared for Lewis, she would not be able to push him away.

That was a secret that she had held in her heart for the past twenty years. She had watched him grow from his adolescent years up into adulthood. For two whole decades, he had occupied every crevice of her heart. There was nothing else but him. She could not deceive herself.

The clothes Lewis bought her yesterday were thick, which was perfect since the weather had turned chilly.

She rummaged around and finally chose a red sweater and a pair of white pants. She looked very celebratory with her choice of attire, and her hair was tied up into a ponytail.

Conrad was pretty astonished when he saw her make her way down the stairs.

She looked every part a youthful girl in her late teens if one ignored the gloominess in her eyes which had built up over the years. If she were to be in school, a single smile from her would be enough to brighten up someone’s day.

Perhaps Lewis had seen such a smile from her before.

Alas, humans never seemed to appreciate what came to them easily.

When Conrad finally snapped out of his thoughts, he made a polite gesture to show her the way out.