What Separates Me and You

Chapter 246 My Biggest Regret

The scene frozen in the picture had become somewhat blurry, yet it was still discernible that there were three individuals captured within it-two men and a woman.

As Lewis gazed at the picture, a sense of sadness washed over his face, and his eyes seemed to lose focus. It was as if he was peering through the image, glimpsing a distant, bygone place.

Many years ago, an old man with white hair always sat on the rocking chair by the balcony, staring at this picture as he spaced out. He could spend his whole afternoon looking at this picture.

When someone walked past him, they could often hear the soft sigh of regret from his mouth.

Lewis looked at this picture for a long while. He only regained his senses when he heard someone knocking on the door. He put the picture back into the book and closed the drawer.

When he turned around, he saw Robert standing at the door.

Under the dim light, Robert had his hands behind him as he stared at Lewis with a complicated expression. He was aging as well. His sideburn had turned white, and even his back was slightly hunched.

The two exchanged glances for a second before Robert finally walked into the loft, his shoes. leaving a trail of muddy footsteps on the floor.

“I was just wondering why the lights are on. So, it’s you.”

Lewis didn’t say anything.

Robert walked toward the old rocking chair and sat down. He slowly rocked back and forth, imitating his father’s habit.

“After Grandpa Alan passed away, do you feel as if the whole world is against you?”

Lewis remained quiet.

Robert took out a pipe from the drawer and started rubbing the tobacco leaves. Alan loved smoking like this when he was still alive.

Looking at Robert’s action, Lewis zoned out for a while.

Robert patiently rolled the tobacco leaves and put them into the pipe’s mouthpiece, then lit it up with a lighter. He opened his mouth and smoked. For someone who’s just in their fifties, he looked like an older man.

“I’ll be taking my leave.”

Lewis was about to go when Robert called out to him. “Wait.”

with his back facing Robert,

Robert said sadly, “Lewis, you’re my proudest son. You were once my greatest pride

turned his head back slightly to look at Robert after hearing

that topic. His eyes roamed

belt. It’s hard to believe I’ve reached his age in just a blink of an eye. Of late, I’ve been thinking about everything I’ve done. But no matter

“What are you trying to

Robert chuckled. “I’m just ranting. You can leave if you

moved his eyes away and looked elsewhere

wooden chair not far

on

there upright, allowing his father to look

your mom. She’s forcing you to marry someone who’s well-matched with you. She even tried to make me convince you about this. But I didn’t say yes. Relationships just can’t be forced. Although marriage and love could be two different matters, if you marry someone you

his

loverboy when he was young too. Many times, he thought he had found true love. It was probably impossible to count all the lovers

those words from him. It didn’t feel like it was his place to tell his son something

Lewis was listening quietly without rebutting

your mom has always been like this. If you can’t accept it, you can only do what I did by having a fallout with her. By then, she wouldn’t

make her go madder and take revenge?”

replied with a hint of disdain, “Are you scared of her revenge?”

Robert never took her vengeful actions seriously,

clownish spectacle. Her actions

being silent for a few seconds, Lewis got up suddenly. “I’ll get going now.”

stay any longer. He exited the room without looking back. After picking up the umbrella from the corner, he

for him to return in the

in the end, the pain in her tummy and the lurching motions of her stomach made her curl

man she was missing so desperately had finally returned from the loft.

Lewis reached that spot, his eyes instinctively gravitated towards the

plank with his feet, but it was so dark inside

that the beam of light revealed were

over to him. Her face paled the moment she saw Lewis crouching in

before getting up

his elbow. “What are you doing here in such

didn’t move. “Why?”