Very soon, one of his men came in.

"Take the ship back to Atlantis," he said.

The man nodded courteously. "Yes, sir!"

Then, he stalked out of the cabin.

After the door closed, Christopher Lancelot shifted his gaze to Xyla Quest's face again.

He lit a cigarette and took a deep drag. His eyes were rimmed with red.

Methodically, he blew the smoke into the cool air and turned away from Xyla, trying all his might to hold back his tears.

Mixed feelings flooded Xyla's heart as she looked at his sorrowful back.

After calming himself down for a long time, he was finally willing to turn back to face Xyla. His eyes were still red as he stared at her face. "Xyla... Can you light a cigarette for me?"

Xyla guessed that Miranda must often lit cigarettes for him, which was also why he had requested her to do so.

was just a simple action in our daily life, it must have

the

crushed the butt of the cigarette in his hand with his bare hand and went for a new one,

cigarette from him and placed it on his lower

the cigarette between his lips before passing the lighter to

and brought it closer to his

the tip of the cigarette could reach the flame. He gradually inhaled, and the cigarette was lit in the very next second. Xyla

feeling in his eyes only intensified with each puff he took at the cigarette. "Xyla, are you the only child in your family? Are you sure you don't have a missing

sibling but she's my half-sister.

his cigarette once more. Finally, a lone tear trailed down his cheek. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ (F)indNƟvᴇl.ɴet

and him began to swirl in his

stayed by my side when my life was tough. I started from scratch and went through many hardships to become who I am today, and yet she wasn't afraid to go through ups and downs with me... She was

from his face. He dropped his head and

his heart out. Agony shot through

idea

she know the actual story behind

reminiscing his love. She could feel

that I would start out on my own and give

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