The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 4 They All Forced Lily to Apologize to Elsa

As if realizing something, John let out a cold laugh.

So that’s what this was–Lily was throwing a tantrum and threatening him with a resignation. Playing hard to get, was she?

He knew better than anyone how much she wanted to be his personal assistant.

She’d buttered him up for days just to land that role.

If he really approved her resignation, she’d be the first to panic.

She needed a lesson–to understand she had gone too far this time.

“Sign it.”

After letting out that icy aura, John added coldly, “And when you do, tell her–if she resigns, she better never come back.”

Wayne shrank his neck.

He wanted to say Lily seemed completely determined this time, like she never intended to come back at all.

But the killing intent radiating from John was too terrifying, so he kept quiet.

He just nodded and respectfully went to sign off on her resignation.

Once Wayne signed, Lily quickly completed all her paperwork and left the company.

Almost the moment she got back to the hotel, a message came in from John.

“Come to Flora Club.”

Flora Club–the place John always took his friends for drinks and parties.

Lily had broken up with him. She had no intention of going.

She was about to refuse when another message followed:

“If you still want your parents‘ keepsake, be in front of me in half an hour.”

Lily desperately wanted to get that pendant back. She didn’t dare delay and rushed to Flora Club.

Inside the private room, Elsa and several of John’s close friends were already there.

When Lily pushed open the door, she immediately saw John seated in the center of a deep red leather couch, Elsa curled up beside him.

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Elsa lifted her chin proudly, striking and radiant as ever.

John sat protectively at her side, every movement full of tenderness and care.

Lily felt a sharp sting behind her eyes.

But she had come for a reason. She swallowed the bitterness and stepped inside.

“Apologize to Elsa!”

The moment John saw her, he slammed his glass down at her feet.

“How dare you send thugs after Elsa to steal the pendant? If Simon hadn’t happened to pass by and save her, she would’ve been assaulted by those animals!”

His friends all jumped in, shouting their indignation.

“Hey, you, that was too much!”

“We get that you’re jealous of Elsa, but this? You can’t just send people to attack her!”

“Apologize to Elsa now. Maybe if she lets it go, John will still forgive you!”

Elsa…

stood frozen, face

John so much. She had gone out of her way to be nice

was with John, not one of them ever called her by name. Their attitude had never even been

they were just arrogant and blunt

finally understood–they had never lacked manners. They simply knew John didn’t

John four years ago–was cradled in the

“Lily, apologize to Elsa!”

her ear. Lily snapped out of her

she wouldn’t admit to something she

send anyone to hurt

you were behind it.

finish. “I’ll say it one more

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Elsa wouldn’t lie…

laughed

was the truth? But when I spoke, it

more, after four years together, shouldn’t he know what

he trust me, just a

easy for him

wrong. I won’t apologize

hated being falsely accused. Even as the cold in her chest turned to ice, she still stood

takes to convict a person, then what if I say Elsa’s a murderer? Should we send her to jail? I didn’t do this. I’m

“John… I didn’t lie…”

trembled, her

looked soft and wounded. It only made

with Lily had

out the pendant and held

or you’ll

gaze dropped to the

handmade by her parents, after studying with a

piece of Hetian jade–one of a

it brought back

ago, when John was cast out by the Jones family after the accident, his father’s illegitimate son had tried to kill

her own body, taking two

pendant had been

lost it while saving

he didn’t love

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his heart belonged

recovered it, he should’ve returned it to

used it as leverage to

don’t be so hard on

pretended to smooth things over. “I don’t care about the

drink a glass of wine? Let’s just call it

this, John

say no to the sickly Elsa, he gave a cold

telling herself–this man wasn’t worth her

when she saw him nod, her eyes still turned

she

had bleeding from drinking too

to get stronger, to protect her, to never let her

he made her suffer

“I’ll drink.”

She didn’t explain.

someone who didn’t

was to get the pendant

hard liquor

of these, will you

darkened like

reason, Lily’s

seemed so

could never truly leave

dying. Even if Lily had just sent thugs to get the pendant and not to hurt Elsa, the scare alone was enough. He wouldn’t let Elsa

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voice turned cold.