hapter 171 A Mask Too Heavy to Bear

Chapter 171 A Mask Too Heavy to Bear

He cared about Leila:

He truly wanted to meet her.

The Leila he imagined must be an extraordinary girl.

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What he wanted from meeting her wasn’t just a simple face–to–face–it was the hope of feeling that spark, that rush of excitement when expectations meet reality.

But if he found out that Leila was actually her, it wouldn’t be a pleasant surprise–it would be a shock.

The more Lily thought about it, the worse she felt. Even though she was doing her best to tilt her head up, forcing herself not to cry, tears still slid from her chin and splashed onto her phone screen.

When they blurred the message he’d just sent, she scrambled to wipe them off, but no matter how many times she swiped, more just kept coming.

“Leila, same time and place tomorrow. I’ll be waiting by the window,” he messaged again.

Lily quickly used her sleeve to dry the screen, then carefully typed her reply.

“Can we… not meet after all?”

She knew how selfish that sounded.

She knew James didn’t like her. And yet, she still wanted to hide her identity, still wanted to keep chatting with him as “Leila,” still wanted to selfishly soak up the warmth he gave her like a thief pretending to belong.

“I think just chatting like this, staying friends… that’s good enough.”

James was still sitting in the café.

The second he heard the ping of a message, he opened their chat thread right away.

agree to meet him

she had agreed to meet tonight. She’d even seemed excited. Tonight’s change of plans had

her to say no to seeing him

it had been anyone

to marry her, to spend the rest of his

meet, how could

he started to realize–this wasn’t just her being polite.

didn’t feel the same way at

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only person he wanted a future with, he was willing to put away his pride and give

friends. I want to stand by

he still wanted to

friend. After discovering who he really was, she had chosen to

something: it was going to be impossible to

she still didn’t have the courage to tell

stopped talking for good, she didn’t want

Leila was really her, he would definitely

his feelings for “Leila,” to end things with some

meet because

country? Are you at the

instantly, another

airport? I’ll come find you

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chest, Lily knew she couldn’t let

the idea of meeting. She acted in haste, without thinking, and

just wanted to play a joke at first, but I didn’t expect

so we shouldn’t meet. And you definitely shouldn’t like

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