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.”

his back facing Robert, but he didn’t

my proudest son. You were once my greatest pride and

look

had already ended that topic. His eyes roamed around

Grandpa Alan still disciplined me with his 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 how hard I think about it, those good and bad times throughout the years

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

“I’m just ranting. You can leave if you don’t want

eyes away and looked elsewhere as if

chair

still smoking on his pipe when he sized

Lewis was sitting there upright, allowing

Robert spoke up, “I know what’s going on between you and 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 like, the love you have for her would finally find its home.”

raised his

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

It didn’t feel like it was his place to tell

was listening quietly without rebutting him.

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

make her go madder

of disdain,

took her vengeful actions seriously, likely because

a clownish spectacle. Her actions appeared as childish as a game played by a

Lewis got up suddenly. “I’ll get going

the room without looking back. After picking up the umbrella from

him to return in the

end, the pain in her tummy and the lurching motions of her

idea that shortly after she had fainted, the man she was

his eyes instinctively gravitated towards the wooden plank,

his feet, but it was so dark

the flashlight on his phone. However, all that the beam of light revealed were random objects scattered throughout the area.

paled the moment she saw Lewis crouching

before getting up

doing here in such heavy rain? Come with

move. “Why?”