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.

closed her eyes in exhaustion, quietly thinking

he got a call from

and

could say anything, he told her, “Lily, Elsa’s not doing well. She’s

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

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

guestroom threshold, his steps faltered briefly. He

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30 Not the

leaving Lily like this.

strong. A fever wouldn’t kill

on the other hand, was

So he left.

a loud, final thud. Lily

care

But not much.

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

again and again to accompany Elsa, her heart had

that day at the registry office, when he stood her up. That had felt like

left her again, she didn’t feel

look back, every step forward leads to a better

medicine, Lily fell back

eyes again,

was still weak, but no longer

took her temperature.

Tomorrow would be better.

it all day, she hadn’t even

her phone from

official Weibo statement had made

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