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…

frozen, face

much. She had gone out of her way to be nice to his friends, always trying to fit

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

think they were just arrogant and

over Elsa, she finally understood–they had never lacked manners.

ago–was cradled in the palm of his hand. So now,

“Lily, apologize to Elsa!”

snapped in her ear.

course she wouldn’t

anyone

were behind

her off without letting her finish. “I’ll say it one more

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Elsa wouldn’t lie…

almost laughed out

the truth? But

loved Elsa more, after four years together, shouldn’t

trust me, just a

easy

do anything wrong. I won’t apologize

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

what if I say Elsa’s a murderer? Should we send her to jail? I didn’t do this. I’m not admitting to it. Call the

“John… I didn’t lie…”

voice trembled,

and

patience with Lily

the pendant and held

you’ll never see

gaze dropped to the

handmade by her parents,

fine piece of Hetian jade–one of

seeing it brought

John was cast out by the Jones family after the accident,

him with her own

night, her pendant had been stolen

while

he didn’t love

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his heart belonged to

it, he should’ve returned it to

used it as leverage to hurt

don’t be so

smug glance, then pretended to smooth things over. “I don’t care

drink a glass of wine? Let’s

this, John

the sickly Elsa, he gave a cold

man wasn’t worth her

him nod,

knew she couldn’t

she once had bleeding from drinking too much. The doctor had

promising to get stronger,

made her suffer over

“I’ll drink.”

She didn’t explain.

someone who didn’t believe

get the pendant

of hard liquor on the table and gave

these, will

eyes darkened like a

some reason, Lily’s smile

so

believed–Lily could never truly leave

to get the pendant and not to hurt Elsa, the scare alone was enough. He wouldn’t let Elsa suffer in her final

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voice turned cold.