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.

was right–James saving her had nothing to do with love. It came

tonight with him. He was

booth, they noticed her phone had fallen on the floor.

it was a room James had reserved and called him right

him, to set him free. So of course, before the divorce was finalized, he would protect

had Ashton drive him

to find Jonah pushing her

are you doing

Jonah frowned.

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was sure falling into

her yet, hadn’t stood up for Mathilda. The last thing he wanted was James

how James had cradled Lily as they came out of the

cold as it locked on James. “Lily pushed

consider me a friend, stay out of Ginger family business

with

Jonah had been college roommates. He and Sean were

that left

didn’t like meddling

look after her. And besides, two grown men ganging up on a woman–that was

shaking from the cold. Then he turned his

noble features slowly took on

Did either of you actually

“We.. we didn’t….”

Sean exchanged

had seen it with their own

they believed Mathilda

James..”

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