What Separates Me and You

Chapter 177 Lewis Blocked Her

Lewis brought Josephine to the arcade once, and they got these dolls.

Looking at the photo, the blurry images in her mind regained clarity.

It was a sunny Friday afternoon.

Josephine waited for Lewis at his high school entrance. She waited for hours, but he was nowhere to be seen.

It was almost dark before the teenager walked out of the school entrance with his friends, wearing a white shirt, carrying his uniform and bag in one hand.

His friends saw her and joked, “Your betrothed is waiting for you.’

Teenage Lewis slapped the back of his friend’s head and abandoned them for her. He squatted before her, staring at her downcast expression, and asked with a laugh, “Have you been waiting?”

She was very innocent then. She honestly nodded and stretched out three fingers to tell him. she had been waiting for three hours.

He habitually carried her in his arms and gently pinched her face. “I’ll make

up

for it.”

He brought her to the arcade. Holding her hand, he pointed at the claw machines around them. and said, “Come, pick one, and I’ll get it for you.”

She chose the dolls sitting next to each other, one bigger than the other.

They looked alike except for their sizes. There was a fleeting instance when she thought they resembled her and Lewis.

The dolls she wanted were stuck in a corner, and it was almost impossible to capture them.

Lewis kept on trying until the arcade was about to close. He spent more than a thousand.

dollars but failed.

Eventually, they approached the owner and bought the dolls.

Although they acquired them through purchase, Josephine treasured them and wouldn’t stop hugging them.

She handed the bigger doll to Lewis. He accepted it and asked, smiling, “Are you giving this to me?”

She shook her head and pointed at the doll, signing, “This is you.”

is me?” He looked at the doll in her arms and continued, “Then, is

nodded vigorously. Then, she took his doll back and sat it beside hers. She thought

point clear.

“Yes, they look like a brother and his sister indeed.”

she heard him,

doll, she had never played with them.

dolls appeared in Lewis’

had been using this profile picture since she added him to her contacts and had never changed it all these

had never noticed it.

at the photo. She felt heavy-hearted, as if

her and making it difficult for her

her

eyes and wiped her tears. Then, she covered her eyes

silently on her palm, and the dolls seemed to stare

Josephine couldn’t sleep.

bed was cold. Her hands and feet were freezing too, and

a cold again.

the covers aside and got out of bed. She saw her phone on the bedside. She couldn’t control herself. She

photo. Then, she returned it to its original size and its

with Lewis, the status at

held her breath and stared at his status.

early. She wondered if he was going to text her.

message came in. She waited for so long that she almost forgot to breathe.

the status was

when it reappeared

changed. What on earth was he doing? Perhaps he wasn’t texting

with someone else

while later, the

minutes later, it reappeared.

texted, “Are you typing a message to

the second she sent the message, as though someone

“Is it to inform

that message, a red exclamation mark appeared on the

incredulously. She saw an error message below. It stated, “You and Lewis aren’t friends yet. Click this message to send him

request.

just block

to confirm her assumption and received the

Lewis had blocked her.

know how to respond as it had never crossed