Chapter 136 Pulled from the Depths.

To be frozen and drowned like this–Lily couldn’t accept it.

This can’t be how I die.

But no one

ne came to help her.

Her body felt stiff, too frozen to fight anymore.

The water gradually swallowed her nose and mouth. No matter how desperately she clung to life, she couldn’t fight death off.

Just as she thought darkness would completely consume her, she heard James’s voice.

“Lily”

He rushed toward her, bathed in moonlight and starlight.

The darkness and the cold were driven away by the light.

She was pulled into his arms–held tightly.

In that instant. Lily felt like a flower had bloomed in the midst of a bitter wind.

James wrapped one arm around her, braced the other against the edge of the fountain, and lifted her out of the water.

The wind blew past, and Lily couldn’t hold back a sneeze. Then came the painful coughing

She knew James didn’t care about her romantically. He had saved her purely out of principle, but even so, she was overwhelmed with gratitude.

right–James saving her had nothing to do with

He was responsible

Gold Towers came to clean the private booth, they noticed her phone had fallen on the floor. Something felt off. They checked the security

room James had reserved and

him, to set him free. So of

had Ashton

to find Jonah pushing her into a fountain–nearly

are you doing

Jonah frowned.

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Pulled from the

was sure falling into the fountain wouldn’t

properly punished her yet, hadn’t stood up for Mathilda.

James had cradled Lily as they came out of the water,

gaze turned ice cold as it locked on James. “Lily pushed Mathilda into the fountain. She has

still consider me a friend, stay out of

had close ties with both Jonal and

been college roommates. He and

that left him

James didn’t like meddling in others‘

her. And besides, two grown men ganging up on a woman–that was clearly out of

glanced at Lily, still shaking from the cold. Then he turned

refined, noble features slowly took

say Lily pushed Mathilda… Did either of you actually see it

“We.. we didn’t….”

and Sean exchanged a

had seen it with their

they believed Mathilda

James..”

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