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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.

she would agree

tonight. She’d even seemed excited. Tonight’s change of

her to say no to

it had been anyone else, he wouldn’t

her, to spend the

meet, how could

he started to realize–this wasn’t just

probably didn’t feel the same way at

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

want to just be friends. I want to stand by your side, openly and proudly, for the rest of my

to meet only made Lily more

who he really was, she had chosen to run away. Selfishly, she still wanted to

something: it was going to be impossible to

she still didn’t have the courage to tell

she didn’t want him to look back

he knew Leila was really her, he

only make up an excuse–to completely erase his feelings for “Leila,” to end things

can’t meet because I’m

Are you at the airport

instantly, another message

I’ll come find

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in her chest, Lily knew she couldn’t let James come

liking her and give up the idea of meeting. She acted

lied to you. I’m not a woman. I just wanted to play a joke at first, but I didn’t expect you to believe it, and I didn’t know how to explain the truth

meet. And you definitely shouldn’t