hapter 3 Spiraling, Unraveling, Lost in Her Wake
“Lily…”
Wayne Hunter had come to the CEO’s office to give his report.
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Most employees at Jones Corp had no idea about Lily and John’s relationship.
But Wayne, trusted by John for years, knew everything.
Seeing Lily, he instinctively greeted her–only to catch sight of what was happening inside the office.
He froze, horrified.
Then quickly slapped a hand over his mouth.
He looked at Lily, his eyes full of awkwardness and sympathy.
“Elsa, I’m sorry.”
John had been momentarily distracted, stunned for a good ten seconds before he quickly pulled away from Elsa.
“I’m not blaming you,” Elsa said coyly, cheeks flushed. “My shoelace came undone.”
Hearing that, Lily’s dull gaze dropped to Elsa’s shoes.
Elsa was stunning.
Bright, bold, beautiful in an almost aggressive way.
Today, she wore crisp designer white sneakers, paired with a white blouse and a pleated pink skirt. Youthful and radiant, she looked exactly like a campus sweetheart.
John didn’t say anything.
But his actions spoke louder.
He gently lifted Elsa onto the desk, then knelt to tie her shoelace. His movements were so careful, they almost looked reverent.
fingers slowly and intently tie the
still new, he had once said to her, “Lily, meeting you is the happiest thing that’s ever happened to
heart, like a fool, thinking she was the luckiest
were walking hand in hand, they saw a guy bending to tie his girlfriend’s shoelace. She’d snuggled
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it was pointless to
obvious what he meant: no,
mountain capped with snow. She thought his aloofness made sense–it wasn’t in his nature to stoop for something so
long as she had a place in his heart, it
for Elsa, Lily finally understood. Love could win anyone over if their love was with the right
all his “can’ts,”
just didn’t
was fine. They would both start new
It was fine.
outside the door, quietly watching as he
looked at each other, the unspoken affection
had once loved so deeply blurred into
John’s arms
walked quickly toward the
“Ms. Lily!”
seen everything Lily had done for John over the
leave, he
scene just now had been
“Don’t… don’t read into it. Honestly, the boss still really loves you. The last time you two fought, he got
already broken
Wayne meant well, but
she continued, “He loves me? He loves me, so he married Elsa on my birthday? He loves me, so he’s tangled up with her like
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was the head
need his.
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about this? Does the boss
always been
didn’t want John getting back together with Elsa, not
came back, he saw how John had treated her, and he
down, Wayne understood–leaving John might actually be the best thing for
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