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, but he

back, Robert said sadly, “Lewis, you’re my proudest son. You were once my greatest pride and joy too. However,

slightly to look at Robert after hearing

had already ended that topic. His eyes

eye. Of late, I’ve been thinking about

together. “What are you trying to say here?”

at him, Robert chuckled. “I’m just ranting. You can

away and looked elsewhere as if thinking about

last, he walked to a wooden chair not far away and sat

a laugh. He was still smoking on his pipe when he sized Lewis up with a

there upright, allowing his father to look at

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

raised his brow

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

why it was funny to hear those words from him. It didn’t feel like it was his place to tell

listening quietly without

can only do what I did

make her go madder and take revenge?”

disdain,

actions seriously, likely because he

did seemed like a clownish spectacle. Her actions appeared as childish as a game

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

signs of intending to stay any longer. He exited the room without looking back. After picking up the umbrella from the corner, he departed

had been waiting for him to return in the

her stomach made her curl up in pain on the ground. Then, she lost consciousness.

idea that shortly after she had fainted, the man she was missing so desperately had

that spot, his eyes instinctively gravitated towards the wooden plank, which sat there seemingly

his feet, but it was so dark inside that he couldn’t see

flashlight on his phone. However, all that the beam of light revealed were

face paled the moment she saw

looked around once more before getting

pulled at his elbow. “What are you doing here in such heavy rain? Come with

move.