The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 96 Fever Dream

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“It’s late. You should go lie down. Just wait–when you go online tomorrow morning, you’ll get to see Mathilda and the others make fools of themselves!”

Nancy’s palm was so warm.

But even with her holding her hand, Lily still found it all hard to believe.

Whenever something bad happened in the past, she’d always had to fight through it on her oWIL

This time, she’d barely done anything–and someone had stepped in for her. It felt like a dream.

She pinched herself quietly.

It hurt.

So clearly, it wasn’t a dream.

She really had a family now. Somewhere to belong. Somewhere to rest.

Even if her time with the Luke family was destined to be short–lived, she was endlessly grateful for having met them at all.

From now on, she would do everything in her power to repay their kindness.

Lily was exhausted and drowsy. She didn’t force herself to stay up. Wrapped in a small blanket, she returned to the room she shared with James.

She believed things would start to get better. She didn’t check the hate online again. She simply sent James

“Good night” message and soon drifted into a deep sleep….

By the time James returned home, it was the middle of the night.

After a quick shower, he planned to head straight to the study to sleep.

But as he passed by the bed, he caught sight of the blanket half–fallen onto the floor.

Just as he was about to look away, he noticed Lily curled up in the corner of the bed, hugging herself tightly. She was trembling, her face flushed an alarming red.

“Lily”

was clearly

didn’t like meddling in other people’s business–but if a high fever went unchecked too long, it could do

one to get worked up and end up in

moment’s hesitation, he decided to wake her up so she could take fever

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many times he called her name, she stayed curled

any physical

it was an emergency, Reluctantly, he reached out and gave her shoulder a light shake, hoping it would snap her

“So cold…

was shivering uncontrollably. Even in her dreams, she was trapped in a frozen,

only heat she could feel. Without

up. You need to

her again, her entire body suddenly pressed into his.

he stumbled and fell backward

top. He

body went rigid

like ink

day when a woman would have the nerve

her hands and feet were

of it–no idea what she was

instinct, she clung to the human furnace beneath

she was starting

his chest–her hand kept going, sliding down the lines of

“Lily!”

her, trying

octopus. No matter how

voice. Without warning, she lifted her hand

that one day he would

even colder. His voice was sharp and commanding. “Take your hand off

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fever haze and didn’t even recognize his

lost