Too late for a second chance (Lila and Dorian)

Chapter 183

Lila covered her eyes, hiding the sorrow deep within them.

"Lila, stop being so stubborn," Dorian advised, narrowing his eyes as he caught sight of the mocking curve on her lips.

"We both know it hasn't been easy for us to get to where we are today. No matter the wrongs or rights in the past, can't we let it go and start on a clean slate?"

"No!"

Lila lowered her hand and looked at him coldly. For the first time, her temper flared, causing her to snap at him.

Though she appeared petite and delicate, with typically gentle features, at this moment, she was as cold and unyielding as frost.

"Dorian, we were no longer the same as before the moment you started leaving me repeatedly for other women."

The white overhead light accentuated her slightly raised brows and eyes, intensifying her cold expression. She looked like snow strayed from a wintery realm-beautiful but cold yet impossible to approach.

"It's not that I didn't soften or I didn't give you chances. Look at what happened?

"Dorian, you chose this path-for both of us. Now that we've ended up here, you're telling me to let it go? To start over? Don't you think that's laughable?"

tone calm, but it carried a

sorrow.

gaze. He looked away, his demeanor flustered. "I never did anything to hurt you," he

gaze

a mistake that had haunted him. He quickly amended

before we broke up. I never did anything to betray you

Lila's expression might soften at his words,

simply responded with

tell him that what he said no longer

her eyes briefly,

worth

restless, the growing sense of powerlessness within

stop being difficult. If you keep this up, it

when she looked up again, her expression was calm. "Are you done? If

further ignited Dorian's frustration.

her the right to speak

this?

added, "Or would you rather I

you out?"