The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 10 Her Lips Were Way Too Soft

“Elsa, what happened?”

The moment John saw the blood, his expression changed drastically. He didn’t even bother handing Lily the medicine anymore. He rushed forward and grabbed Elsa’s hand, carefully checking her wound.

“John, don’t blame Lily.”

Elsa lifted her chin, her beautiful face tinged with a fragile pride.

“It’s my fault. It’s all my fault… Just like Lily said, someone like me, on the verge of death, really is disgusting. I borrowed her wedding dress, and she said it was bad luck. She’s right. Don’t blame her… it’s all because I’m dirty. I deserve this…”

With those words, she made it sound like she was taking all the blame.

But really, she was painting Lily as something far worse.

The implication was clear: she was hurt because of Lily.

That Lily had belittled her, humiliated her, trampled all over her dignity.

Sure enough, John’s face–so handsome it could’ve been the final project of a goddess–darkened like a storm swallowing a city.

A chill swept in, freezing everything.

“Lily, I was the one who lent Elsa the dress. She’s seriously ill, and you still insulted her and went so far as to stab her? Apologize to her!”

“I didn’t stab her. She’s lying.”

Lily had quietly recorded a video earlier.

But her phone had only 2% battery left, and the second the recording finished, it powered off.

She knew John only believed Elsa.

She didn’t want to waste breath arguing. All she wanted was to get her phone charged and shove the evidence in Elsa’s face.

“Lily, when did you become like this?”

John looked at her scrolling on her phone without the slightest hint of remorse, and the frost in his eyes deepened.

He yanked the phone from her hands and smashed it on the floor. “You keep hurting Elsa and still won’t admit it… This toxic, shameless side of you–disgusting!”

Toxic. Disgusting.

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The words cut deeper than blades, and for a second, Lily forgot all about picking up her shattered phone.

She knew his heart had been leaning away for a long time.

But after four years of clinging to each other through life and death, she’d never thought the day would come where he’d look her in the eye and call her disgusting.

“I’ve got proof. Elsa set me up.”

Lily tilted her head back, fighting back tears for a long moment before she managed to speak again.

call me disgusting, but what about you? No matter what Elsa says, you believe her. Even without evidence, you’ll stand by her no matter what. You believe her so much–if she said you were

“Lily!”

Her stubbornness, her defiance–it infuriated

“John, it hurts…”

her

she bent over weakly, the gold–trimmed pendant she wore slipped out of her

knew there was no reasoning with Elsa. She’d

The moment her phone was plugged in, she darted forward, trying to

you doing to Elsa

thought she was going

Elsa behind him and

into the

fully healed split open

“Lily…”

John’s rage vanished

chest twisted in guilt, like

I deserve it. Even

spat out a huge

בה ט סה

“Elsa!”

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trickled down her lips in thick,

look at Lily

like seeing

going to die. And

was failing fast. She could

His teenage moonlight. Even if he’d been disappointed in her, given

his arms

Lily’s head really

to her dark lashes, blurring her vision, but her mind was

had pushed

had

mom used to tell her that love was sweet. That it meant having someone. A place to belong. A

met. Then, they were no longer lost souls, but husband and wife with a place

always believed love

did loving John

pain spread from her

agonizing and

She felt extremely suffocated.

almost ten minutes, she finally managed to push herself

And she finally understood-

if you

pain… was because she’d loved the wrong

now, she had

matter how hard it was, she had to escape

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John

of the hotel with Elsa bleeding from her hand, she naturally assumed it was

fault.

ran