The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 86 Boundaries and Breaches.

Chapter 86 Boundaries and Breaches

Lily’s hand, completely out of control, clutched at James’s shirt–hard.

The fabric strained and popped. Buttons flew loose, revealing a stretch of cold, pale chest.

Worse still, her hand had trailed across that chest–softly, unmistakably.

Like a deliberate caress.

James, who had always been restrained, stoic, and upright, rarely showed emotional cracks.

But this?

First, she had touched him while he was unconscious. Now, she was taking a bath without locking the door. stumbling into his arms, and ripping open his shirt?

This crossed every line of decency and self–control.

When her hand squeezed his chest again, his face turned pitch black with fury.

Grinding his teeth, he snapped, “Lily. Get your hand off me. Stay away from me! Don’t touch me!”

Lily nearly fainted from shock.

How had things escalated like this?

She had only reached out to stop herself from falling–and somehow, she’d torn open his shirt? And then, by some cursed reflex, groped his chest?

She hadn’t meant to take advantage of him. She hadn’t meant to leave the door unlocked either.

Still, she understood why he was furious.

He didn’t like her. He hated being touched by her. He probably thought she left the door open on purpose -trying to seduce him.

And honestly, if their roles were reversed and a man had done this to her, she’d probably want to kill him

She totally got it

herself. But before she could get a word in, his voice cut

yourself on me. From now on, stay away

straight down to her

still plastered to his chest, the other had–somehow- gripped

She froze in horror.

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looked

face flushed red, like

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stumbled back, yanked a towel from the rack, and wrapped

like a frozen iceberg, eyes

dropped her gaze, guilt heavy in her chest, and muttered like a

this to happen. The lock on the bathroom door’s broken. I tried several times but couldn’t get it to stay shut. I heard you were

fall to throw myself into your arms. The floor was wet. I slipped. That’s

voice grew smaller as she caught sight of his now–exposed chest–sharp lines, strong muscles,

sorry. I didn’t mean to offend you. I’ll be more careful. I’ve already signed the agreement. I won’t go back on my word. From now on, I’ll keep at least

still looked like

her apology sounded sincere. And it really didn’t feel like

his body… wasn’t quite

With a

he shut the door behind him–hard–the cold anger melted

it was pain.

that bathroom his

vegetable, the Luke family’s wealth had drawn plenty of women who threw

felt nothing but irritation. He pushed them away without hesitation. His

now, Lily had fallen against him

eyes, his throat tight

his heart for Leila.

himself for

For being unfaithful.

C

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