The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 87 One Heart, One Lifetime

Chapter 87 One Heart, One Lifetime

She had already told him–when he vanished all those years ago, she hadn’t been angry.

As long as he was alive and well, that was enough for her.

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She truly didn’t want James to be stuck in guilt over disappearing without a word. So after saying she didn’t blame him, she quickly changed the subject.

“James, I was seriously awesome today. Can you guess what I did?”

Watching the text bubble bounce across the screen, James could almost picture the girl resting her chin in her palm, brimming with pride.

The storm of pain and self–loathing on his face began to dissolve. He gently traced his fingers across her message, and slowly, the sharpness in his eyes softened.

Just as he was about to type a reply, her messages came rapid–fire.

“I beat up my ex–boyfriend’s crush today.

“I slapped her seven times. It felt amazing.”

“James, aren’t I incredible?”

Ex–boyfriend.

Those two words hit James like a freezing wind.

He hadn’t expected that she had once loved someone–truly loved them.

Bitterness spread like wildfire beneath his ribs, pulling tight across his chest. It hurt even to breathe.

But… it was her ex–boyfriend.

James had never confessed his feelings to her–not before he fell into a coma, not even after. And in the four and a half years he was gone, he had no right to expect her to remain alone.

Still, from now on–he hoped the man beside her would be him.

been a timid

because she mattered so much, he moved

screen for a long time, he finally typed his

Ex–boyfriend? You’re not

Then after a pause:

“Does your hand hurt?”

saw his compliment, Lily broke

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if her hand hurt, a warm flush spread through

typing back: “It felt so good at the time I forgot it could

in real life,

when he asked about her

with him in my next life. He promised me forever, too. I thought we’d get married someday. But when his old crush came back,

wishy–washy cheater anymore. As for a new boyfriend… I’m not interested. Men

had once loved

wished to spend her next

old ache came crashing down again in James’s

ex “a disloyal flirt,” he was a little relieved–and also

body had reacted in a way that made him feel

he resented the arranged marriage… that reaction made him no different than the

A player.

heir of the Luke family, feel uncharacteristically

say something like, “Not

Lily realized she’d gone

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of rude to rant about how unreliable men

Quickly, she added:

wasn’t one.

that line-“I know you’re not“-a soft glow returned to James’s deep

message

you think all men have

“No.”