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.

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

and reached for the lighter on

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

the cigarette from him and placed it on his lower lips

mouth, he held the cigarette between his lips

the lighter unhurriedly and brought it

head so that the tip of the cigarette could reach the flame. He gradually inhaled, and the cigarette was lit in

the hazy air, Christopher could feel that the prickly 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

my half-sister. I'm sure that I don't

a lone tear trailed down his cheek. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ

memories between Miranda and him began to

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 very nice to me. She always tried to take good care of me. Even when I was smoking, she would take the initiative to light

throat as he agitatedly brushed away the tears from his face. He dropped

thought of Miranda tore his heart out. Agony shot

had no idea

know the actual

she listened to him, reminiscing his love. She could feel prickly feelings at the tip of her

I had nothing, I often told her that I would start out on my own and give her

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