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

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

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

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

a glow on her

up with you, yet you keep

empty left wrist, her tongue tinged with bitterness. "The

to

"That's all in the past.

broke up with you.

a deep

Lila was proud and would never demean herself by seeking out a

a "rich benefactor" and "marriage" simply

of superiority, as if he were bestowing favor. "How long do you plan to make a scene? I

saying that, he felt as though

you better know when to stop. I'm not

understood. He had countless women vying for his affection, not to mention Zara,

her gaze, her eyes unusually

come and bother me

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