too late for a second chance novel (Lila and Dorian)

Camille found this even more laughable. "It was I who pushed Zara out. Lila didn't know about it at all."

Her tone was calm, yet it couldn't hide her disappointment. "Dorian, I've been giving you chances, but you've truly let me down."

He had even left the crew for Zara.

Dorian stood in complete shock, and the summer heat felt suffocating.

But at this moment, it felt like he had plunged into an ice cellar, shivering from the cold. His whole body was stiff and unbearable.

Zara realized that things were spiraling out of her control, and her heart raced.

This was completely different from her plan.

Feeling Dorian's unusual emotions, Zara was about to cry for real.

For the first time, she didn't deliberately pretend to cry in front of him, and her eyes turned red.

She tugged at Dorian's sleeve. "Dorian..."

He turned his head, his eyes red, his chest heaving violently as if he had lost his proud composure.

Zara's complexion went pale with fear. She had never seen Dorian so out of control, like an enraged lion ready to tear apart his enemy.

She was so startled that she forgot to cry. "Dorian, please calm down."

Dorian closed his eyes and looked away, afraid he might inadvertently hurt her in his rage. "Zara, you should go back for now. I'll come see you later."

Camille stared at them, feeling disgusted by their lovey-dovey attitude.

She wondered what sins she had committed to have to endure such suffering. "Dorian, since you know it was just a misunderstanding between you and Lila, you should quickly make up with her. She likes you so much, so she will surely forgive you."

She pretended to be patient and pitiful. "I will bless you both."

He seemed to be awakened by her words. "Right, I need to find Lila! I haven't treated her well, and I'll slowly make it up to her."

Camille narrowed her eyes, her tone incredibly certain. "She won't forgive you."

"Impossible!" His gaze was anxious and desperate. "Lila is alone in the hospital right now. She must be very sad. I need to go see her."

Camille felt a sense of irony watching him rush out.

He didn't understand that there's no chance to make amends once someone is disappointed.

He had no chances left.

"You know what kind of person Lila is better than I do. From the moment she proposed the breakup, you two were already finished."

In an instant, Dorian felt like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, almost ready to pounce and strangle her.

He turned back, gritting his teeth before saying, "Mrs. Foster, you must not believe that we would end, which is why you arranged for us to be in the same crew, right?"

It was as if he was trying to convince himself. Deep down, he believed that Lila couldn't let go of him!

She had knelt on the thousands of steps of Mount Shasta to wish for his safety and for them to reconcile, proving how much she loved him!

Yes, Mount Shasta!

On that day he called, Lila had gone to Mount Shasta again.

His gaze, which had almost dimmed, suddenly lit up.

"You didn't know that Lila went back to Mount Shasta after our fight, did you?noveldrama

What could she possibly be doing up there?"

The last sentence came out with a hint of questioning.

Camille frowned, the wrinkles on her face deepening with the motion.

"She must have gone to wish for us to get back together again!" Dorian raised his voice.

Zara glared at him, her long eyelashes casting shadows over her resentful eyes. Camille's gaze gradually calmed, like the sea's surface after a tide, leaving only a dead silence.

Her eyes landed on Zara, who had reddened eyes and looked like the victim here. "Teddy was intentionally pushed down by her."

Dorian furrowed his brows. "Mrs. Foster, that's not true! At the time of the incident, Lila wasn't even there. All of this is just speculation on her part."

"What about the evidence? Lila isn't someone who can't distinguish right from wrong. There must be a reason why she said that."

Dorian felt a bit anxious. How had the situation circled back to the starting point?

"It's just the other newcomer spouting nonsense." Dorian was getting more and more irritated.

He didn't want to involve Zara in any trouble, but he also felt an urgent desire to see Lila.

They hadn't had a proper conversation in a long time, and now that she was injured, she should want him by her side.