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.

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

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

himself from for so many years might have been claimed by some old, greasy man, he couldn't take

back. "You're really strange," she

corridor's light cast a glow on her

on me. I broke up with you,

bitterness. "The

instinctively wanted to

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

broke up with you. Why can't

a deep breath, barely keeping

realized Darcy had misled him. Lila was proud and would never demean

mentioning a "rich benefactor" and "marriage" simply to provoke

emotions eased, he spoke 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 break up with

saying that, he felt as though he

frowned and coldly warned, "Lila, you better know when to stop.

affection, not to mention Zara, who was already eager to throw

raised her gaze, her

don't come