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.

without evidence, you’ll stand by her no matter what. You believe her so much–if she said you were a

“Lily!”

fury. Her

“John, it hurts…”

her

bent over weakly, the gold–trimmed pendant she

with Elsa. She’d never give back her parents‘ keepsake

fast. The moment her phone was plugged

you doing to Elsa

going

Elsa behind him and shoved Lily hard

into the edge

wound that hadn’t even fully healed split

“Lily…”

her bleed, John’s rage vanished into a pit

like needles stabbing

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

a huge

בה ט סה

“Elsa!”

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her lips in thick,

couldn’t look at Lily

like

to die. And

though… her body was failing fast. She could close her eyes for

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

word, he swept her into his arms and rushed out of

Lily’s

dark lashes, blurring her vision, but her mind was

had pushed her–for

she had

that love was sweet. That it

had each been drifting, alone in the world–until they met. Then, they were no longer lost souls, but husband and wife with

had always believed love

why did loving John hurt so damn

from her temple to

agonizing and

She felt extremely suffocated.

almost ten minutes, she finally managed to push

And she finally understood-

only sweet if you

she’d loved the

she had to change

matter how hard it was,

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followed John from a

with Elsa bleeding from her hand, she naturally

fault.

she ran into