The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 14 Tangled Breaths, Swelling Heat

“Sh*t!”

“Who the hell wants to die tonight?!”

The tattooed man and his crew were furious. Whoever was outside had clearly ruined their mood. Their expressions darkened in unison as they turned to the door like a pack of cornered beasts ready to pounce and tear apart their prey.

Lily didn’t let the opportunity slip.

Taking advantage of their distraction, she bit down on her tongue again, drawing blood–and with it, a sliver of strength.

She didn’t hesitate. She scrambled up and made a desperate dash toward the window.

The second floor wasn’t too high, but it wasn’t low either.

Jumping might hurt–possibly a lot if she landed wrong.

But if the people at the door were part of the same crew, her nightmare would only get worse.

This was her one chance. She couldn’t hesitate.

She shoved the window open and launched herself out!

Bang!

The door burst open just as Simon stormed into the room–just in time to see Lily leap out the window into the night.

“Lily!”

The sight made Simon’s heart lurch.

He didn’t waste a second. He barked orders for his men to handle the situation inside while he bolted

down the stairs.

Funny how fate worked. He had just happened to be passing through that commercial street tonight.

As he and his men were leaving the area, he spotted Lily in the distance–being shoved into the back of a

van.

He wasn’t known for being kindhearted.

In fact, he hated meddling in other people’s business–especially Lily’s.

But for some reason, the image of that van door slamming shut left him with an uncomfortable feeling. After hesitating for just a second, he ordered his driver to follow them.

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“Lily, are you insane?!”

He caught up with her in the alley and found her limping, one hand bracing against the wall as she tried to

escape.

at her staggering figure,

her a glare of disgust, then strode forward and tossed her

“Simon?”

to see

dance background, she was agile and had managed to land from the second–floor jump without breaking any bones–but

at her current

her body was growing by the second. If she were dragged back into that motel room, the drugs would overwhelm her

was no chance he’d ever want to touch her. In a strange way, being with him now was probably the

raspy, she said, “Can you take me to the nearest police station?

her a cold glance

to the station and stayed quiet, leaning against

air would help

didn’t help. Her head

side, never once giving her

influence, she couldn’t stop thinking–he

pinched herself hard, trying to

bottle of pills down her

clenched her eyes shut and kept repeating to herself: There’s no man here. Just a dog.

myself to

wasn’t taking her

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men could handle the thugs. He didn’t need

respect for Lily. None. He even found

driving, he kept stealing glances at her through the rearview

line of

someone had

long lashes trembling, lips

“So damn hot…”

her whisper, breathy and

on her skin–light, almost imperceptible–drifted through the air like a spell, teasing his senses and making

“Lily, shut up!”

voice was getting under his

even hear him clearly. She was losing the ability

one in the car wasn’t a dog—it was a

wanted one so badly right

didn’t even care if the guy was ugly, if he charged money, or had a horrible

originally planned to drop her off at a

seeing her like this, alone in a room, he couldn’t

What if she jumped?

on the

decided to take her

top hotel belonged to the Bale family. He didn’t want a scandal on

That’s the

“Lily…”

pulled up to the villa, stopping

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was about to tell her to get out when she suddenly