I believed that the trip to meet Luke’s family would mark a beautiful beginning — maybe even a proposal.
Luke and I had been together for over a year, had weathered career changes, and talked about the future with open hearts.
However, halfway through the flight, Luke asked me to do something I couldn’t believe: pretend to be Japanese instead of Chinese in order to impress his grandmother,
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