The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 87

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

at the screen for a long time, he finally typed his reply with

You’re

Then after a pause:

“Does your hand hurt?”

his compliment, Lily broke

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hurt, a warm flush spread through her chest–and her eyes stung, for no

up on the couch, typing back: “It felt so good at the time I forgot it could

had never met in real life,

when he asked about her

next life. He promised me forever, too. I thought

As for a new boyfriend… I’m

had once

had wished to spend

came crashing down

“a disloyal flirt,” he was a little

earlier, in the bathroom, his own body had reacted in

if he resented the arranged

A player.

made him, the ever–composed, steady heir

dare to say something like, “Not all

realized she’d

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all–wasn’t it kind of

Quickly, she added:

jerks. My dad wasn’t one. And

that line-“I know you’re not“-a soft glow

message popped

men have

“No.”

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