The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 96 Fever Dream

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 running a

if a high

to her, Grandpa would be the one to get worked up and end up in the

hesitation, he decided to wake her

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no matter how many times he called her name, she stayed curled up like a small, abandoned animal. She

any physical contact with

he reached out and gave her shoulder a light shake,

“So cold…

in her dreams, she

her shoulder, became the only heat she

up. You need to take

out to shake her again, her entire

off guard, he stumbled and fell backward

on top.

entire body went rigid

darkened instantly, like ink

there would come a day when a woman

burning, but her hands and feet

it–no idea what

clung to the human furnace beneath her, desperate for

realized she was starting to fug open

content with just touching his chest–her hand kept going, sliding down

“Lily!”

her, trying

like an octopus. No matter how he

seemed irritated by the sound of his voice. Without warning, she lifted her hand and slapped

one day he would be

His voice was sharp and commanding. “Take your hand off me! Get off

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deep in her fever haze and didn’t

was still lost in that icy