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

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

say

had been anyone else, he wouldn’t

cared about her. He wanted to marry her, to spend the rest of his life with

meet, how could they

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

feel the same

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

friends. I want to stand by your side, openly and proudly, for the

to

she had chosen to run away. Selfishly, she still wanted to keep hiding behind the name

something: it

to tell

want him to

knew Leila was really her,

his feelings for “Leila,” to end

because I’m planning to

Are you at the airport

another message

come find

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chest, Lily knew she

the idea of meeting. She acted in

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

men, so we shouldn’t meet. And you definitely shouldn’t

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