Too late for a second chance (Lila and Dorian)

Chapter 83

"Dorian, I'm not like you. My heart can't hold more than one person at a time, and

I can't just decide who I love or don't from one moment to the next. I repeatedly doubted myself over the past two years you've constantly spent with Zara.

"To me, you were like a delicacy I once craved-something I tried to savor time and again, yet it was always just out of reach, while others could effortlessly have a taste.

"No matter how savory this delicacy is, it will never be mine alone," Lila uttered.

Since this was the case, it was better to let go. Her words were blunt. Dorian lifted his head to stare at her. The once cold and aloof look in his eyes was now tinged with desperation.

"I'm yours, and I'll only ever be yours. I swear, Lila. Please trust me one more time."

He clutched her hand tightly with a humbling posture. But Lila who'd once softened to him now lowered her gaze and watched him silently as if weighing the truth in his words.

felt like an eternity to Dorian. His lips were cracked, and

look in his eyes as he clung

moment, Lila's eyes remained calm as she pulled her hand out of

Without another look at him,

of powerlessness almost drowned him. Dorian leaned against the wall to prop himself up and asked from behind her, "Lila, have you ever

over the door handle. She looked

she'd chosen the Dorian who'd once loved her wholeheartedly. That was not the same Dorian who'd grown enamored with

eyes reddened deeper after hearing her

and stepped into the room to close the

alone. He plunged into a chilling silence and stood there for a long

heavier than the last. As he

hair falling loosely around her shoulders. Her eyes were swollen like Dorian's.

slandering me. The director replaced me with another