The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 31 I’m Not Crying

But voices like that were far too few; in the blink of an eye, they were drowned out by the flood of blessings pouring in for John and Elsa.

Later, the videos and screenshots Lily posted online were all taken down. It was as if everyone had simply forgotten that Elsa had shamelessly stolen the wedding dress Lily had sewn by hand.

Seeing all the online praise so one–sidedly directed at Elsa, Lily couldn’t help but let out a bitter laugh. How amusing.

John had power and pull. With his backing, Elsa could be painted as the picture of innocence, even after being the other woman. When a man really loves you, he’ll bend over backwards, walk through fire, move mountains if he has to. But if he doesn’t, then it doesn’t matter how much of your heart you lay bare; he’ll make you feel like you brought it on yourself.

She wished John and Elsa would be stuck with each other forever–and stop dragging anyone else down.

What man with a changed heart would ever matter more than food? Lily didn’t want to let her mood be ruined. She stopped reading the news and focused on getting herself together, then went downstairs for dinner.

She had barely eaten all day.

After downing a big bowl of porridge and two steaming hot pepper–and–ham meat pies, she finally felt alive again.

“Lily?”

She had just stepped out of the restaurant when a bright, cheerful voice called out.

But she didn’t recognize the voice, so she figured whoever it was hadn’t meant her and didn’t bother turning around.

To her surprise, that person stepped right in front of her.

When she looked up, she was met with a sunny, boyish face that was strikingly handsome.

look at her, his smile grew even wider. “Lily, it really is you! I’m Ivan–James‘

Ivan before, but she certainly knew

over ten days, she’d be getting their marriage certificate. After that, she’d be

get along with, so facing Ivan now made

met, and that unsettled heart

1/3

I’m Not

you eaten? Let me

“I just finished.”

Lily spoke, she turned to head back to the hotel. She honestly had no idea what to talk about with her

“Lily, I…”

had hoped to use dinner as a chance to talk about

anxiously ran his fingers

actually tear out that tuft on top of his head, he finally spoke, a bit awkwardly. “I wanted to ask you for a favor. I… accidentally overheard your

“Born Defiant“?

Lily froze in disbelief.

the Celestial Court, banding together

in a million years did she think this legendary, god–tier series

Defiant” was

golden opportunity like this to land

genuinely worried she might

none of them really nailed it for me. It

kind of a goofball, even a bit adorably clueless. But when it came to his beloved anime

flaw in “Born Defiant“. Worried she might say no, he added quickly, “Don’t worry about