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.

over the years, but she had never compromised her feelings about

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

person he had restrained himself from for so many years might have been claimed by some old,

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

a glow on her delicate

I broke up with you, yet you keep coming back. Aren't

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

to avoid the

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

with you.

forehead throbbed as he took a deep breath, barely keeping his

was proud and would never demean herself by seeking

kept mentioning a "rich benefactor" and "marriage" simply

air of superiority, as if he were bestowing favor. "How long do you plan to make a scene? I didn't know the significance

as though

coldly warned, "Lila, you better know when to stop. I'm not

women vying for his affection, not to mention Zara, who was

her gaze, her eyes

please don't come and bother