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Chapter 178 The Wrong Kind of Confession

Chapter 178 The Wrong Kind of Confession

“Can we meet?”

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After returning to his study, James had originally wanted to send her a message: “Leila, I'm sorry.”

He'd lost control after drinking and ended up touching Lily.

He was shameless. He had wronged his Leila.

But remembering how Leila especially disliked him saying sorry, he held back in the end.

He had always believed that he and Leila would stay together for life.

He had never considered the possibility that she wasn’t a woman.

Last night, when he first found out she was a man, it hit him like a lightning bolt. He was more lost than he had

ever been.

But whether his eyes were open or closed, his mind was filled with the image of that bright, energetic boy.

In fact, because Lily’s eyes and lips bore sresemblance to his, James had nearly lost control when drunk and

mistook her for Leila.

He now understood clearly: even if Leila was a man, he still couldn't let her

He still wanted her.

Only her.

go.

That tshe told him she was a girl - it wasn’t meant to deceive him, just a playful joke.

They had known each other for years. Their conversations had always been light and natural. She wouldn't lie to

him about something important.

Which meant, she really had had a scumbag ex-boyfriend.

In other words, she had been with other men before.

If she could accept being with other men... didn’t that mean she might also accept him?

James thought he was losing his mind.

Since childhood, he had believed that a man and a woman staying together healthy, proper kind of relationship.

one

life, one love

was the

Like his parents. Like his grandparents. Holding hands till the end, devoted through life and death.

In his bones, he couldn't accept being with a man.

But because it was Leila, he actually wanted to break through all boundaries. To ignore the world’s opinions. To

be with her.

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She still hadn't replied. Calm and steady as he usually was, James found himself agitated, unsettled.

He knew that if he kept pushing her to meet, she might find him annoying.

But love made him restless. He missed her too much.

So he braced himself and sent another message: “Leila, | want to see you.”

He didn’t mind that she was a man...

He wanted to meet her...

When Lily saw James’ message, she was completely stunned.

Really - she was highly educated. She'd studied literature. Her Chinese grades had always been strong.

But in that moment, it was like she no longer recognized her own language.

He'd chatted with a man all this time. Even confessed to that man. Shouldn't he be totally repulsed?

How was it that he still wanted to meet her?

And more importantly, she wasn’t actually a man. How were they supposed to meet?

It’s not like she could magically grow an extra chunk of flesh overnight.

“Elias, we should really stop meeting,” Lily typed carefully. “The photo | sent you was actually filtered. In real life,

I'm really ugly. I'm afraid you'll be shocked if we meet. | have really dark skin and a lot of spots on my face. |

just... look terrible. If you saw me, you'd definitely be disappointed.”

She figured James probably didn’t care about her gender because the photo she sent looked decent.

If he thought she was hideous and creepy, surely he wouldn't want to meet her anymore.

The more she thought about it, the more clever she felt. She even gave herself a quiet little compliment.

In his study, James was staring at his phone, waiting nervously for her reply.

As soon as the notification popped up, he immediately unlocked the screen.

She said she was ugly.

He understood. In this day and age, everyone used filters. Whether it was for pictures or videos, filters were

everywhere.

On sshort-video apps, even eighty-year-old grannies could look like young girls. Beefy dudes could become

delicate little fairies.

That Leila used filters on her photos

that was totally normal.

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Whether she was beautiful or ugly, he didn’t care.

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She breathed a sigh of relief. Felt proud of herself for thinking so quickly.

But just as she was about to feel good about it, she saw his reply.

“I don’t care.”

Then more messages cone after another:

“Looks don’t matter.”

“Leila, | want to see you.”

“Can we meet tonight?”

Tonight... meet?

Lily’s hand trembled so hard she nearly dropped her phone.

He had a face so noble and divine, like a god carved from jade.

He carried a natural, regal aura that made him feel out of reach.

A man like that should have incredibly high standards, shouldn't he?

So how could he... how could he be okay with the monster she just described?