Too late for a second chance (Lila and Dorian)

Chapter 38

Dorian had no idea how Lila knew he bought the trending topic.

"By the way, when I marry my rich benefactor, I'll be sure to leave a table for you."

What did she say?

Dorian felt dazed, then scoffed coldly. "Have you ever seen a rich benefactor marry their mistress? Besides, who would want to..."

He realized something was off and immediately stopped.

Lila raised her gaze to meet his eyes. She completed his unfinished thoughts for

him. "Who would want to marry someone like me, a helpless orphan with no power or influence, right?"

She smiled, but her face showed no emotion. There was a calmness in her that made his heart race.

"I didn't mean it like that." Dorian frowned.

She was no longer his, nor was she under his control.

Realizing this, Dorian felt as if his chest were about to burst.

obedient to him over the years, but she had never compromised

insisted on saving her first night for their wedding, and he had endured for so

so many years might have been claimed by some old, greasy

pulled a fraction of his rationality back. "You're really strange," she said

a

me. I broke up with you, yet you keep

his empty left wrist, her tongue tinged with bitterness. "The fate I sought has already been given to someone else

instinctively wanted to

the bridge of his nose. "That's all in the past. Why do you

up with you. Why can't

a deep breath, barely

misled him. Lila was proud and would never demean herself by seeking

"rich benefactor" and "marriage" simply

in a gentler tone, still carrying his usual air of superiority, as if he were bestowing favor. "How long do you plan to make a scene? I didn't know the significance of that bracelet at the time, nor did I intend to

he felt as though he was

and coldly warned, "Lila, you better know when to stop. I'm not someone who can't live without

countless women vying for his affection, not

raised her gaze,

come and bother me