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.

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 a dog, would you bark

“Lily!”

fury. Her stubbornness, her defiance–it infuriated

“John, it hurts…”

her voice

gold–trimmed pendant

reasoning with Elsa. She’d never give

her phone was plugged in, she

are you doing to

going to

Elsa behind him and shoved Lily hard without

right into the edge

wound that hadn’t even fully healed

“Lily…”

bleed, John’s rage vanished

like needles stabbing

about me,” Elsa whispered hoarsely. “I am disgusting. I deserve it.

out a huge

בה ט סה

“Elsa!”

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trickled down her lips in thick,

look at

like seeing

die.

body was failing fast. She could

was his first love. His teenage moonlight. Even if he’d been disappointed in her, given up on her, he couldn’t bear the thought of her dying so

swept her into his arms and rushed

time, Lily’s

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

had pushed her–for

after she said she had

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

the world–until they met. Then, they were no longer lost souls, but husband and wife with a

always believed love was

did loving John hurt

her temple to her

was agonizing

She felt extremely suffocated.

almost ten minutes, she finally managed to push herself

And she finally understood-

if you

was because she’d loved the wrong

now, she had to change

was, she had to escape this

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John from a

him rush out of the hotel with Elsa bleeding from

fault.

ran