What Separates Me and You

Chapter 257 He Didn’t Know What to Do

Derek’s appearance caused the atmosphere in the meeting room to tense up again. Amelia stood up hastily and moved to tug at his sleeve. “How did you get here?”

Her son glared at her angrily. He snarled out, “Why are you meeting him?”

“I’m pleading for your sake! I can’t just sit around and watch you get thrown into jail, can I?”

Derek gritted out in response, “So what if I get imprisoned? I will never entrust the Moss. family into the hands of such a person! We’re going home right now!”

He grabbed Amelia’s wrist and tried to drag her out of the meeting room.

Fueled by anxiety, the older woman moved to grip Derek’s arm instead as she pleaded anxiously, “Derek, don’t be rash! Let’s sit down and talk this out, okay?”

The aforementioned man was so frustrated that he couldn’t help but chuckle dangerously. ” There’s nothing to talk about! At the end of the day, he just wants us to humiliate ourselves! Yes, I’ve lost the battle! I’m conceding my defeat! I’ll take jail time and even a death sentence! It’s just my life, after all; I’m more than willing to offer it! However, I will never ever entrust our company to the hands of this man! Mom, leave with me right now if you want only the best for me! From now on, never ever seek him out!”

Tears streamed down Amelia’s cheeks when she heard his son’s speech. She shook his hand away before delivering a heavy slap across his face.

The loud and crisp sound echoed throughout the meeting room. At that moment, everything

went silent.

Lewis was still sitting on the couch lazily. He continued watching the drama unfolding before his eyes instead of voicing out his opinion.

Amelia’s eyes had gone red by then. Disappointment, sorrow, and fury were written all over her aged face.

She snarled out each word clearly, “You’re a total jerk, Derek! Have you ever thought about me when you’re out here throwing your little tantrums? What about your father? What do you mean by ‘it’s just your life,’ huh? Are you saying that your life has nothing to do with us? Now that Caleb and Penny are already gone, are you planning on letting me and your father lose another son?”

Derek looked slightly dazed and surprised upon hearing his mother’s words. He cast a glance filled with mixed feelings in her direction, noting how her chest heaved up and down violently while her eyes turned red because of sorrow and fury.

“Fine. Since you’re unable to take this lying down, your father and I will sacrifice ourselves with you! Whoever wants Moss Corporation can go ahead and snatch it up!”

“Mom!”

Amelia shoved Derek away. “Don’t call me that! Since when do you care about me? All you care about is yourself! You never cared about what we think anyway! You want to play the hero while neglecting your parents! Derek, no one in this world concedes to defeat the way you do!”

The old woman ended up shrieking the last sentence while she sobbed.

Derek could only stand in the meeting room in a dumbfounded manner. He had no idea what to do.

What else could he do?

options for him. The first one was his parents, whereas the second one happened to

his head

there and let his parents die with

fire, he never shed a tear for them. However, tears started

Lewis, not wanting the latter

losing pathetically, much less show his cowardice in

that moment, someone knocked on the door again.

the meeting room with a document in hand. He then

why I couldn’t track you down, Chairman Alvarez. It turns out that you’re here. It looks like I’ve chosen the wrong time to show up.”

at him as the corner of his mouth twitched ever so slightly. “Did something urgent

he couldn’t find you, so I decided to come here and check

he added, “Everyone’s waiting

showing up. In fact, he looked professional the entire time. If Lewis didn’t leave the room, he wouldn’t move an inch as

at least two brain cells could tell Kiran

about the meeting to stir up

as Alvarez Corporation, it was still a listed company at the end of the day. If Lewis did end up gaining control over that company, he would definitely get a power boost. That meant he would gain the upper hand over Kiran

prey in this everlasting game. It all depended on who could take over the company right now.

out his cigarette. Then, he stood up and approached Kiran.

to tidy Kiran’s collar for him while effectively showing his care for the latter as his superior-slash-older brother. At the same time, he commented airily, “You are very dedicated to

Chairman Alvarez. This

continued smiling without saying anything. He turned on his heel and walked out

Derek, he paused on his steps as he

pierced through his glasses and found its mark on

head, thus making eye contact with Kiran. Even though none

seemed to have exchanged plenty just by looking at

finally left the

hands, which hung by his sides, clenched into tight fists. Soon, his

to make his move

fact that Moss

over for

snowfall became heavier once again. Flecks of snow could

umbrella from his car to block the falling snow above her head. The snowflakes that landed on the umbrella soon melted into water and started sliding down from the top before falling off the

annoyed at all. He just accompanied Josephine quietly the whole time.

showed up even though the sky was gradually darkening, Quintin couldn’t help but ask while feeling his breath turning into white mist, “Josephine,

pursed her lips before raising her head to look. at Quintin, who stood next to her. Guilt started surging from her heart as she thought about how the man had spent the whole day with her on the

date wrong. Perhaps he does not