What Separates Me and You

Chapter 121 Calm And Heartless

Sierra sat frozen in her seat, complex emotions swirling in her eyes.

“Sierra, I can’t marry you.’

It was that sentence again. Each time those words reached her ears, it felt like he had repeatedly thrust a knife into her chest.

She bit her lip, her tears threatening to fall.

Lewis continued, “Take care of yourself.”

Sierra remained silent, finding his words utterly ridiculous. He had actually told her to take care of herself.

It was inconceivable that someone like him would utter such words.

It was clearly an excuse!

“Do you love me, Lewis?” she asked.

“What is love?”

“I should be asking you that. You’ve always treated me well, accommodating my requests, even the ones that required you to drive two hours here just to pick me up and indulge my whims. Tell me then, if this is not love, then what is?” Sierra stared at him, attempting to gauge his reaction.

Unfortunately, it was too dark inside the car. When the passing lights briefly illuminated his profile, all she could discern was his usual coldness.

It was the type of coldness that seeped through, even when he wore a smile.

The closer one approached him, the more they sensed the suffocating and desolate chill he undeniably emitted.

Lewis did not answer her. Instead, he focused on the road ahead as he drove, not even sparing her a glance.

“Every time I ask you this, you would only answer me with silence.” Sierra sniffed. The tears streaming down her face were beginning to smudge her makeup.

Just as she was about to wipe her tears with her sleeve, a slender hand extended a piece of tissue toward her.

In a fit of spite, Sierra snatched the tissue and wiped her face hastily.

She didn’t bother asking him anymore. Every time she asked, it only brought her pain. She was the only one suffering anyway.

They claimed that when love was reciprocated, it would be palpable in every fiber of your being. Yet, with Lewis, Josephine couldn’t detect a single ounce of that affection.

Sometimes, she thought Lewis loved her deeply. Other times, she thought she meant nothing

at all to him.

Several years had passed, yet the feelings persisted, caught in an unending pendulum swing between opposite ends of the spectrum.

Whether he loved her or not, it would only count if he was the one who admitted it himself.

Lewis dropped her off at the hotel.

here. Get out.”

unmoving. Her head was lowered, and her emotions were

place.

Lewis called

crying earlier, there were black rings around her

voice came out hoarse as she opened her mouth and asked, “Lewis, would you be

to someone else tomorrow?”

“No.”

almost choked on her spit. “I’m not joking!”

question of hers as well. “Why? Have you found a

of your business! I’m getting married tomorrow,”

didn’t say much

and grabbed his hands. “Don’t. Just answer me. Lie to me if

”

good will

her tone weakening. “I’m afraid that I

her intently. Shadows obscured her face, and he couldn’t make out

you no longer need to worry.” He took her hand and gripped them tightly. “If you want to get married, find someone who would treat you well. I will continue treating you the

She looked

treat me this

guess you could say

Why? If you can continue treating me this well, why can’t you bring yourself

repeated sincerely, “Because I can never marry you.’

heart into a million pieces, plunging her into an abyss of

pain clawing her apart.

head. It

ever wanted to say multiple times before, and yet, every single time, his response was that same calm, heartless sentence.

on the fact that he didn’t think she would ever be

“I understand.”

walked toward the hotel listlessly, her silhouette exuding a kind

as he leaned against the window of his car. He lit a cigarette and exhaled, a cloud of smoke rising pensively.

”

days, and Lewis

her meals and left when

in the afternoon, Dr. Halliday would come on a daily basis to check on her wounds. The scabs on her face had already fallen off,

knee, however, needed

the couch and cover her eyes with her arms, listening to the

something about a rising starlet with her

saw a few blurry photographs on television. She recognized two of those people at

been so heavily altered that their faces had become unrecognizably blurry, making it impossible for

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“So they’ve been together for the past three days.”