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She hadn’t called the police out of respect for their elders. But just because she didn’t, didn’t mean he could pretend what he did was acceptable.
He needed to make it right in another way.
After a pause, he added, “If you have time today, I can transfer the ownership of the villa to your name.” Lily was stunned.
Clearly, he meant to use the villa as compensation.
A villa in the city center would easily be worth hundreds of millions.
Even though she was the one who had taken advantage of him last night, he still wanted to compensate her…
Truly, the Luke family’s values were terrifyingly upright. Just because she was a woman, even though he was deeply repulsed by touching her, he still felt responsible and wanted to make it up to her.
He’d had his assistant transfer her a hundred million this morning, and she hadn’t returned it yet. There was no way she could accept something as massive as a villa.
She shifted slightly and hurried to say, “James, really, you don’t need to give me a villa. I… I have plenty of money. I can buy a place myself.”
She had already been looking at properties.
Once they got divorced, she definitely planned to move out of the Luke family estate.
She didn’t want to keep staying in hotels. She wanted a comfortable apartment, a place she could call her own.
“Alright.”
James was never one to waste words. He didn’t argue with her.
Either way, he’d just have his lawyer add the villa transfer into the divorce agreement.
She and her old classmate had been getting along well lately. They’d probably end up getting married and having kids. That villa could be his wedding gift to her.
To avoid any further inappropriate contact between them, he thought for a moment and said coldly, “Lily, you and I still have to live under the same roof for a while. If I get drunk again, or if I’m not feeling well, don’t worry about me. The farther you stay from me, the better. Until our divorce is made public, I don’t want any more physical contact between us.”
In other words, he’d rather pass out drunk or suffer alone than have her come near him.
Clearly, her decision to give him hangover candy last night had really ticked him off.
Lily wanted to reassure him and quickly promised, “I’ll be more careful from now on. I won’t come near you again. I’ll also try to find the right person soon, so Grandpa and Grandma will agree to the divorce. Then you’ll be free”
“Alright.”
James also wanted them both to regain their freedom as soon as possible and live their own lives. He said nothing more, just responded with a cold nod and walked back to his study.
Finally spared from another one of his warnings, Lily let out a soft breath of relief.
But then, a dull ache grew in her chest.
She was also incredibly thankful she hadn’t shown up as Leila last night.
He hated her so, so much. If he ever found out she was Leila, he’d be so disgusted that he’d probably want to rip out his own tongue and cut off his own hands for ever saying those things to her.
Suddenly, her phone buzzed.
She thought, now that he believed she was a man, James would never contact her again.
She never expected to see another message from him.
“Leila, good morning.”
Lily froze, completely at a loss.
Before she could recover from the shock, another message followed.
“I don’t mind that you’re a man.”
“Can we meet?”
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 wer? open or closed, his mind was filled with the image of that bright, energetic boy.
In fact, because Lily’s eyes and lips bore some resemblance 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 time she 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..
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, I 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 I sent you was actually filtered. In real life, I’m really ugly. I’m afraid you’ll be shocked if we meet. I have really dark skin and a lot of spots on my face. I 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.
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