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.

you’ll stand by her no matter what. You believe her so much–if she said you were a dog,

“Lily!”

Her stubbornness, her defiance–it

“John, it hurts…”

staggered, her

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

no reasoning with Elsa. She’d never give back

she moved fast. The moment her phone was plugged in, she darted

doing to Elsa

was going to hurt

behind him and shoved Lily hard without

right into the edge of a low

that hadn’t even fully healed split open again–blood flowed

“Lily…”

her bleed, John’s rage vanished into

like needles stabbing

hoarsely. “I am disgusting. I deserve it. Even if

out a

בה ט סה

“Elsa!”

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down her lips in thick, red

couldn’t look at

didn’t like seeing her

die. And

was failing fast. She could close her eyes for good at any

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

her into his arms and rushed out

Lily’s

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

pushed her–for

had evidence, he still

to tell her that love was sweet. That it meant

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

always believed

John hurt

spread from her

agonizing

She felt extremely suffocated.

managed to push herself up off

And she finally understood-

if you loved

was because she’d loved the

had to

matter how hard it was, she had to

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followed John from a

rush out of the hotel with Elsa bleeding from her

fault.

she ran