The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 140 I’m Not Your Mother

“I’m not a bad person… I was just afraid of losing you…”

“Mathilda…”

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As Mathilda expected, after hearing that, Jonah and Sean no longer scolded her. Their eyes filled with. sorrow and pity

She let out a quiet sigh of relief.

Still, she knew—even if her brothers pitied her and tried to protect her, what happened tonight had planted a thorn in their hearts.

And if she wanted to pull it out–if she wanted them to fully love her again–she needed to go all in.

Her entire body trembled with sobs, as if life had lost all meaning. “I know.. you’re probably heartbroken over Lily right now. You think I’m cruel, selfish, fake. But I’m not that kind of person… I’ll die. I just hope that after I’m gone, you won’t hate me anymore…”

With that, she suddenly turned and jumped into the fountain.

“Mathilda!”

Jonah and Sean had both been momentarily distracted.

Seeing Mathilda plunge into the fountain snapped them out of it.

They treasured her far too much to ever watch her drown in front of them–especially when she couldn’t

swim.

They leapt into the fountain without hesitation, carefully pulling her back up onto the shore.

Mathilda was still crying–pitiful and fragile, helpless and breaking.

Jonah and Sean couldn’t stop thinking about the cold look in Lily’s eyes earlier, her beautiful peach blossom gaze filled with distance and resentment as she stood soaked to the skin.

But they told themselves–Mathilda only framed Lily tonight because Lily had deliberately provoked her with cruel words.

And years ago, many people had witnessed Lily hurting Mathilda. The bullying had been real.

their hearts still leaned

to comfort her, hiccuping from

all Lily’s fault for provoking you. I won’t ever yell

in the past. I’ll take

100. I shouldn’t have doubted what you said about Lily

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“Guys.

still

deep down, she

her brothers had chosen to trust

still cared

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her life clean and untarnished, her brothers might always be swayed

drag Lily through the mud–ruin

sure she could never climb out

home soaked and

up and

to their shared

called James aside

over half an

the bedroom door, he heard

paused slightly, then

curled into a ball, eyes shut tight, tears silently falling from the corners of her

didn’t want to get

puffy and swollen by morning, Grace and the others might think he’d bullied her- delaying

to wake

“Lily. Wake up.”

“Mom…”

Lily was still crying.

so cold–longing deeply for

far, far away.

“What did you say?”

couldn’t hear clearly. He

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