Chapter 198
Doriantried calling Lila, but no one answered
Hearing the endless ring, his bitter smile deepened. Of course, she wouldn’t pirkoop his calls anymore.
He stumbled out of bed with his fever clonded mind and drove straight to Magi Pictures. His erratic driving almost caused a few rear–end collisions along the way.
It was pach hout, and typically cautious about being recognized, Dorian didn’t even bother with his usual maske. He stood there in plain view outside the building, his presence drawing curious plances from passerthy
*Wire is Dorlan here”
Do you think he’s here to confront Michael? Maybe he’s so mad he’s planning to fight him.“.
“Look at his ace he’s furious Tut come on, fighting? That’sartime
de an even bigger)
ger hat if he gets arrested. “
People steered clear of hunlike he was trouble.
Lila stepped out of the elevate and into the lobby, immediately spotting him. His face was flushed from the fever, and his lips were pale.
He looked–sick, but her expression remained indifferent. She intended to walk past him like everyone els
“Lila,” Dorian–called, his gaze fixed on her
She didn’t stop and kept walking
“Lila,” he called again, hurrving after her and grabbing her wrist.
His hand was unnaturally wann, maling ber frown. He was dearly unwell.
She yanked her wrist free. “Mr. Blake, please mind yourself.”
Her coldness made his eyes dim with disappointment. She did not even have a word of concem for his ille
For the first time, Dorian spoke without his usual arogance, his voice soft and pitiful, ce a child who had lost his way. “Lila, I was wrong,” he said, head bowed.
Lita stood there, unmoving.
“Mrs. Foster was right — I was blind to everything you did for me. Only now do I realize how important you were to me. Lila, come back to me. I truly love you. I
can’t live without you”
Dorlan reached out to her, but Lila stepped back, avoiding his touch
His eyes reddened, whether from fever or regret, and his vulnerable appearance might once have moved her to take on all his pain as her own
However, she felt nothing. Dorian no longer mattered to he
Seeing his outstretched hand, she raised her eyes to meet his.
“Dorian,” she began calmly, “you say you regret what you’ve done because you love me. That’s why you want me back in your life. Is that right?”
“Of course I love you,” he replied quickdy.
Lisa shook her le,
smooth and easy”
faint, mocking smile on her lips. “You’re wrong. You don’t love me. You miss how I used to clean up all your messes and make yuuritfe
use you were with its
“I miss those days because i
‚ I really do love you,” he pleaded,
But she only shook liet head again. “You don’t understand love anymore. Love is about support, compassion, and a constant sense of giving more than you receive.
“You say you love ine, but all you want is for me to come bai and play the role of ‘your Lila.‘ Like a trinket, you can pull it out when you need it and forget about it when you don’t. That’s your truth”
Her voice was steady, devuld of sadness or anger
“That’s not true,” Dorian blurted, desperate to deny it. “It’s not like that. I’ll support whatever you want to do. Do you want to be a director? I’ll back you all the way told you that before.”
He reached for her wint again, this the gripping it lightly, afraid she run but also miandful of her earlier words about love being tender.
“Lila, please beli
sie. Ovine back to me. I’ll support you in whatever you want. I’ll listen to you, I swear. And if you don’t like Zara, I promise she’ll never show up in your life again. bun’t that what you wanted?!
