What Separates Me and You
Chapter 40

Chapter 40

Chapter 40 More Important Than He Thought The news made Josephine’s blood curdle as chills ran up her spine, freezing her to the core. Shestared at the television in a daze, Lewis’ words filling her mind. “She won’t have a chance.” Josephine kept worrying about what Lewis would do to Avery. It turned out he had made Avery dosomething instead… Avery was not physically hurt, but it was enough to send her beyond redemption. This accident wouldnot only affect Avery, but the whole Green family would be affected as well. And in this whole situation,Lewis was just a bystander. Tyler and his family rushed back to the Green mansion. Avery sat on the sofa in a daze, frightened outof her mind. Her voice was h*rse and choked with s*bs. Whenever Tyler tried to question her, she couldonly gurgle a few noises, not knowing what she was saying herself. After Tyler found out Avery had met Lewis that morning, he sighed. “Avy, I’ve told you before not to offend him. You just won’t listen.” Tyler sounded tired. Avery’s face was pale, and her fingers were still trembling slightly. As unrestrained and bold as shewas, she had never murdered another being. The image of her car plowing into bystanders was freshin her mind, and that feeling when her tires. crushed those bodies kept repeating in her head. Just thethought of it made her stomach churn, and she struggled not to gag. Mrs. Green said worriedly, “Things have gotten so big that the media can’t be silenced. There’s evensomeone pulling strings behind the scenes. What should wel do?” “Get someone to investigate this further and replace the person who tampered with the car!” Mr. Greensaid with a solemn expression. Tyler shook his head. “It’s no use. Avy drove into those bystanders herself, and they even got it onvideo. Even if the person survived and we replace the preparator, the public won’t acknowledge it. They willjust think we are abusing our power and getting someone else to take the blame.” When Mr. Green heard this, his brows knitted further. “Have they released the list of victims?”

Tyler nodded. “It’s out. The ones that died don’t have much of a background; money should be able toappease them.”

Mr. Green relaxed slightly with that. Just how much was a life worth these days? A human’s value was determined by their status. For thevictims that were involved in the accident, their lives were only worth a million. If the families stillwanted to kick up a fuss-five million, ten million- they would eventually keep quiet. The main concernwas to silence the media and the public’s voices, keeping damage to the minimum. Avery was silent the entire time. In the past, she had heard from Tyler just how cruel and mercilessLewis was. She had never seen it for herself, nor did she believe him. Her only impression of him wasthat he was a piece of trash. She knew now that he wasn’t a good person. He was truly ruthless. From now onward, she had to live as a murderer, and that felt even worse than just killing her. “I’ll surrender,” Avery suddenly said. “Are you crazy?” Tyler frowned. Mr. Green added, “This accident happened because of a brake failure. It’s not murder, so what are yousurrendering for?” Avery covered her face with her hands, her voice trembling, “I still killed someone; I killed them with myown hands.” Lewis was right. She was dumb, and he demonstrated it to her today. As long as he wanted, there werea thousand ways to kill her. Mr. Green got angry, “This situation is grave enough; don’t make things worse for us! I’ve told youalready to just stay at home and reflect on what you did wrong, but you just won’t listen! How powerfuldo you think you are-daring to butt into someone. else’s business? As an illegitimate son, he was ableto carve out a b*oody path for himself to take over the Alvarez family. Did you think he was a saint?” Avery stayed silent, still covering her face. Tyler thought about it and said, “I’ll talk to Lewis. As long as he is willing to stop, everything will besolved.”

Tyler was still the one who saw the bigger picture. If they insisted on arguing that the car was tamperedwith and fought with Lewis to the end, they would only lose out in the end. After all, Avery was the onebehind the wheel, and Lewis played the cards. Talking to Lewis and asking him for forgiveness wouldbe the best solution.Mr. Green nodded, saying seriously, “Seems like that is the only way. You’re close to him, you shouldgo and ask him for mercy.” “Alright.” Tyler looked at Avery. Her haughtiness had disappeared, and it seemed like it would stay that way for along while. As Josephine scoured the Internet, all she could replace were malicious comments directed toward Avery.Netizens were known to be vicious. A normal car accident might only go viral for one or two days, butAvery’s accident was different. Since she was the child of a prominent rich family, many bloggersreposted it and those who hated the rich kept fanning the flames, pushing it to the top story in just a fewhours. While the opinions online were widely divided, no one knew exactly what would happen toAvery. Josephine couldn’t help sending Avery a message in the end, but she didn’t reply. Afraid that Lewiswould get angry and worsen things, Josephine didn’t dare meet with Avery. She could only worry whileseated at home. Conrad was also reporting the incident at the company. “With how the situation is developing, they won’t be able to keep it under control for long. The relevantdepartments will need to perform their duties eventually. Avery should be set to jail.” Lewis was causally glancing through some documents. “What about the other two?” “They’re dead, nothing is left of them.” “Alright, you may leave.” Conrad nodded and subconsciously looked toward the adjoining room. Sierra hadn’t come in for thepast few days since she was injured and was recuperating at home. Without her at the company, eventhe air felt fresher. It was just that he never would have thought Lewis would take action against Avery

for Sierra. It was just a slap, but he had held on to that grudge until this day. It seemed like Sierra was moreimportant to Lewis than he had thought. Sierra was extremely happy. She thought Lewis was not going to get revenge for her, but it turned outhe had planned something even bigger. If it wasn’t for her injured leg, she would have rushed to hiscompany and given him a big kiss. She updated her social media page with a photo. The caption read, “Those who love you, will love youin their own way.” Sierra had a long list of friends. Since she was always with Lewis, she had sent friend requests to almost everyone in his circle. Thus, one person liking her post would result in everyoneseeing it. Previously, when Avery slapped Sierra, a lot of people had known Lewis forced her to apologize toSierra. This time, with something serious happening to Avery, and Sierra posting this photo online,many people would be able to guess what really happened. Hence, when Sierra posted her update, theInternet exploded. Josephine was also on Sierra’s friend list. Sierra did not have her deleted just so that she could showoff how much Lewis loved her. However, since they did not have a lot of mutual friends, Josephinecould only see a few of the comments. Fred: Wow. Daphne: It’s not what I think, is it? DreamS: I will make Sierra my idol! Ryan: What are you guys talking about? I’ve only been out of the country for a few days. Was Idisconnected? Josephine switched off her phone, feeling despondent. In the end, it was all for Sierra. Previously, when she was working for Avery, there had never been a problem. But ever since Averyslapped Sierra, Lewis had treated Avery differently. Adding to the words she had said today, Lewis was

taking revenge on things both old and new. As for Josephine, she was no more than just a fuse for thissituation