The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 30

Chapter 30 Not the One He Chose

Chapter 30 Not the One He Chose

“I didn’t fall out of love.”

Hearing her say that, a strange unease crept into John’s heart.

It felt like she might really leave him.

But then he remembered how she’d done grueling work just to pay for his leg treatment, how she’d even taken two stab wounds for him–loved him more than her own life. That restless panic slowly faded.

She risked her life to save me. How could she possibly stop loving me?

“Just lie down and rest. I’ll go get some fever medicine.”

He noticed a delivery bag on the floor nearby. Guessing what might be inside, he quickly picked it up checked–sure enough, there were several boxes of medicine.

He took out two fever pills and poured some water. Carefully, he helped her sit up from the bed. “Lily, take these.”

Lily didn’t want him to feed her. She tried to take the pills herself.

But the fever made her vision blur and spin. Her hands were clumsy and uncoordinated—she couldn’t manage to take them from him. So she let him place the pills into her mouth himself.

“Lily, how do you feel now? If it’s still bad, we can go to the hospital.”

Of course the fever meds wouldn’t work instantly. She wasn’t suddenly back to her old, lively self.

She still felt terrible.

But the Lily who used to run to him over every minor discomfort, hoping for some comfort, was long gone. She’d grown used to him favoring Elsa, used to the coldness in his eyes.

They were broken up now. She wouldn’t act clingy anymore.

eyes in exhaustion, quietly thinking of how to make

a call from

and

he told her, “Lily, Elsa’s not doing well. She’s trying to hurt herself again… I need to go

water. If you still feel bad, call me. I’ll have Wayne take you to the

was clearly anxious that something might happen to Elsa. Grabbing the phone from the nightstand, he turned and headed toward

threshold, his steps

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leaving Lily like this.

she had always been strong. A fever wouldn’t kill

other hand, was proud but fragile–always on

So he left.

door shut with a loud, final thud. Lily

did care about

But not much.

when she was burning up with fever, all it took was

accompany Elsa, her

the registry office, when he stood her

again, she didn’t feel pain or bitterness—just

look back, every step forward leads to a

the medicine, Lily fell

opened her eyes again, it was already

was still weak, but

her temperature. The fever had

Tomorrow would be better.

day, she hadn’t even checked the news after fighting

phone from the nightstand

statement

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