The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 18 A Love Divided

“I won’t force you again. I meant what I said–after we’re married, we’ll be a real couple. Not before. But from now on, don’t see Simon again, and stop thinking about him.”

“Let go of me!”

Lily had always despised that weirdo Simon–there was no way she’d ever “think about” him.

But that didn’t mean she wanted to be in John’s arms.

The scent of Elsa’s perfume still lingered on his body, and it made her skin crawl.

“John, you just slept with Elsa and then forced yourself on me. You’re disgusting.”

“What the hell are you talking about?”

John frowned. “I only take care of Elsa out of pity. Nothing has ever happened between us. How could I possibly sleep with her? Can you stop overthinking everything?”

Lily didn’t respond right away.

Her mind wandered back to that phone call tonight.

She had only heard Elsa’s moans–John’s voice never came through. It was possible Elsa faked those sounds on purpose.

Maybe they hadn’t actually slept together tonight.

But so what?

erase the fact that, while she and John were

him, massage her ankle, tie her shoelaces, and buy her strawberry

didn’t have to sleep with another woman to

were emotional betrayals–lines you crossed

making

of her thoughts, she heard his voice again. “Move back home. I’ll have someone go

“We’ve already broken up.”

kink where I stay friends with my ex or keep entangling myself with them. You want to take care of Elsa? Good. We’re done now–go devote yourself to her. As for

1/3

long are you planning to keep this up? I’m not

pushing. His dark eyes, which had just calmed, flared red again with

was again–she was the one “making

that, she

tonight, she was too drained

her head up and stared at him, eyes cold and sharp. “You won’t break up with me? Then can you stop seeing Elsa? Can you stop hugging her,

Her final wish is for me to stay by her side. Why do you have to be so petty with someone

sure has a

let him finish. Her tone was cool, her gaze distant. “Her wish is for you to stay with her until the end. Her wish is to marry you. Her wish is to voice Siren. So what if her wish is to sleep with you? To get legally married? To have a child? You going to grant her

“Lily, you’re being ridiculous!”

his frown deepening like it

didn’t want to lose Lily, so he forced himself to say, “I’m not marrying Elsa. I’ll never sleep with her. I won’t

finish, his phone rang loudly, urgent

ID