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, who he claimed favored Japanese women.

He framed it as harmless, strategic — even promising that it could secure a major inheritance.

Still, what he was really asking was for me to erase who I was, to exchange my identity for his potential gain.

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