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“Ethan,” he finally said, his voice nonchalant. “Lily doesn’t want to, so you do it for her.‘
He seemed certain I wouldn’t refuse.
I squeezed my fingers.
This was the final task.
Two years ago, my boyfriend, Kai, took a
flight overseas.
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We both grew up in an orphanage. We were
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practically inseparable.
But his plane crashed, and he was lost at sea. I cried all night. The next day, a strange
system appeared.
It told me Noah was the male lead in a book,
and I was playing a pathetic, fawning female
supporting character.
If I stayed by his side, fulfilling his requests
and commands, my wish would be granted-
he’d come back.
To be honest, this last task was annoying.
Confessions should be sincere, not a sham.
And if he really came back, what would he
think if the first thing he saw was me
confessing to someone else?
The system wouldn’t let me refuse. I could
only lift my head, force a calm tone, and ask:
“What if I don’t want to confess either?”
“So?”
Noah threw the question back. My opinion
seemed irrelevant.
“Does your opinion matter?”
Yeah, did it?
I nodded. After a long moment, I stood up.
“Fine, I’ll do it for Lily.”
As soon as I spoke, the system’s voice
echoed in my mind:
“Task ninety–nine initiated.”
“Upon completion, the system will
automatically unbind the host and male lead,
Noah.”
“Wishing you the best of luck!”
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