The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

His Leila, Her Lily

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Thinking about how Leila still hadn’t replied to any of his messages, the always calm and composed James felt an unusual wave of anxiety.

He’d always known how to keep a proper distance in his relationships with others. And he understood that Leila likely hadn’t replied because she was busy

It was already late at night–she had probably gone to bed. If he kept messaging her, it might disturb her rest, or worse, make her annoyed with him.

But being unable to reach her… the intense unease and longing gnawed at his chest until he couldn’t help himself he sent her a few more messages,

“Leila, are you asleep? If you’re still awake, just send me a quick reply.”

In front of others, James was always reserved, cold, and almost emotionless. But in front of Leila, he was just another man trapped in love, tangled in longing and confusion

Still no reply.

He lowered himself further, his pride slipping away with each word. “I’m really worried about you.”

He was so worried that if she didn’t reply, he wouldn’t be able to sleep a wink tonight.

He was even prepared to use his contacts to find her real identity and fly to her side in the middle of the night.

Earlier tonight. Lily’s phone had been tossed aside by John at Gold Towers.

While she was changing at the hotel, James had returned her phone to her.

At the time, she was feverish and groggy and hadn’t noticed any of the unread messages.

Now that the medicine had taken effect and her mind was clear, she finally picked it up to check–and saw dozens of messages from James, all filled with concern.

Her heart warmed instantly. Knowing he’d been worried for so long made her feel guilty.

You don’t need

dialed his assistant’s number from

digging into Leila’s background. Then another message arrived “Sorry, I had something going on tonight and didn’t check my phone” Staring at those neat little characters on the screen,

Leila in person, and yet just reading her texts

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date to James directly. But James was her best friend–and venting about weirdos behind their backs

she typed. “I went on

A blind date?

wave of sourness surged up from James’s chest like acid making his fingers tremble. The phone nearly slipped from his

along with that bitterness came another thought–something far more

had gone on a blind date

been thrown

up, and Leila sent him

right all

Lily,

and was about to send

next message came

blind date was a total weirdo, and on the way

excitement in James’s chest was instantly drowned by a flood of shame

to believe again that

was losing

Their personalities, the way they expressed

fine with Simon. Meanwhile, Leila had met a weirdo. How could