The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 126

Chapter 126 Fire Meets Ice Ch

Ouly whers would dress up for Lily!

All day. Simon kept reminding himself that he wasn’t looking forward to this date–didn’t care about it

one but

And yet, three hours before the scheduled time, he still grimly ordered his assistant to prepare a few suits for him and had a stylist come in to do his hair

Lily sdidn’t really want to trouble James by having him come pick her up at the recording studio.

But she didn’t know where the date was, and she didn’t have his number. All she could do was wait for him.

He was very punctual.

He’d said he’d come at seven, and sure enough, at 6:59, she saw his car pull up not far from the studio.

As they drove, she couldn’t help but wonder what her blind date would be like.

There were several moments when she really wanted to ask

But every time she looked up, all she saw was the cold back of his head, clearly radiating “don’t talk to me energy. So she held it in

Whatever. I’m going to see the guys enough. Doesn’t really matter if I ask or not.

When they arrived, her date was already there

James pushed open the ornate double doors inlaid with gold. The moment they opened, Lily’s eyes were drawn to the man standing by the flour–to–ceiling window, framed by heavy velvet curtains embroidered entirely by hand.

He had his back to her.

Lily couldn’t see his face.

But his tall, upright frame gave off an effortless elegance–like a lone pine on a mountain cliff. Even his

Thouette exuded nobility and untouchable grace.

The burgundy suit wrapped around him like crushed twilight. He twirled a wine glass lazily in his fingers, welding a layer of relaxed charm.

He looked good

Lily wasn’t the kind of girl to fall for someone based on their back view alone.

But still–her first impression of him was a solid.

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Chapter 125 The Man in Burgundy

She was starting to think James might actually be reliable.

He’d clearly put some thought into setting her up with this guy. So far, he seemed like a great pick.

Her last relationship had left her with nothing but pain and heartbreak.

After breaking up with John, she’d thought that maybe she was done with love for good.

Maybe it was better to stay away from men. She’d be just fine on her own.

But that failed relationship–that was John’s fault, not hers. Just because she made one terrible choice didn’t mean she should give up on happiness altogether.

kind and like–minded, she’d be open to

been there for an

kept telling himself the

kinds of storms–this was

reason to be

the closer it got to the time,

and Lily approaching–his heart started pounding in his chest like a war drum. Even the wine bottles in the temperature–controlled cabinet seemed to

redder and redder, like they

I brought Lily,” James

her name made Simon’s ears

the wine glass with a flushed face, he turned around

a good look at his

memory, Simon was always in black–proper, but never one

time he’d seen him in such a showy shade of

obvious he’d gotten his hair styled

how seriously he was taking this

cousin strut around like a peacock, James felt a weird pressure in

he didn’t like Lily.

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my cousin Simon. He’s a decent guy. You two should get to know

125 The Man in

“I’ve got something

he turned on his heel and left

Lily wasn’t blind.

her date instantly–Simon. That

tiny spark in her chest that had started to hope for a fresh start was

her impression of James took

way

wouldn’t trust his taste in

“Lily“”

His handsome face was cool and composed, like a

calm, he could clearly hear his

still astonishingly beautiful–his mind involuntarily replayed the image of her that day, drenched in freezing water, soaked and helpless, despair written all

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she hadn’t bullied Mathilda, Simoni couldn’t stop feeling a strange discomfort

a hand on Lizzy ever again. If I find our

turned

couldn’t

she did like Nancy–a

was

James’s sake, she’d planned to get through the night civilly. There was no future with this guy, that much was clear. She just wanted

he wanted to pick

Then bring it on.

at a time, head held high like a fearless cub

only time I ever interacted with Elsa in college was when we performed

are you retarded or

“Lily!”

face darkened

really had the nerve to say his

as blades. “Lizzy doesn’t lie. I saw you slap her with my own eyes. Even if you deny it to your grave, it won’t change what you did. Lily, you’d better behave. Or I swear,

out of your damn

met anyone

with rage, she shoved

don’t think your brain

it got

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