The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

hapter 161 Teetering on the Edge

The antidote still hadn’t arrived.

James knew that in situations like this, a cold shower could help clear someone’s head.

But he also remembered that she’d once fallen ill after being chilled, leaving her body vulnerable. He didn’t want to risk it.

So once the bathtub was filled with warm water, he threw her straight into the bathroom.

Originally, he’d planned to take her to the hospital–there was blood on her arm. But after her wild behavior in the car, he realized most of it had rubbed off, and that it wasn’t hers. She wasn’t actually injured.

That was the only reason he brought her home instead.

“Lily! Come take your medicine!”

Twenty minutes after he tossed her in the bath, his assistant finally delivered the antidote.

She should’ve finished by now. It was late, and he wanted to shower and rest too, so he decided to call her

out.

He called her again and again–but got no response.

The silence was so unnatural, it filled him with dread.

She hadn’t… drowned, had she?

Not daring to waste another second, he shoved the bathroom door open and rushed inside.

There she was–eyes closed, slowly sliding deeper into the water. The level had already reached her chin. If he’d come in even a few minutes later, it would’ve submerged her completely.

And she didn’t seem to notice any of it.

“Lily! Get up!”

continued lounging lazily in the tub, completely

when James finally got

tossed carelessly

bloom–drifting on the surface, swaying gently. But it

the water like silk algae. Her skin–pale as

the red dress, she looked just like a mermaid who’d only just grown legs and risen to the surface of the

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face went pitch–black. It looked like someone had poured

just wear the

body kept slipping

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and let

skin broke through the surface,

soft scent of body wash rose around him like smoke–delicate but maddening, gnawing at the edges of

a towel from the side and wrapping

bed, he felt like he’d barely survived a war. Only

thrown onto the table earlier, he reminded her with

react at all–no comprehension in

over, took the pills,

his distance, leaning

took the

worked fast. She should calm down soon. No more crying about

kiss… I’m

he was about to pull back, she suddenly launched herself

in the

she cupped his face with both hands–exactly like in the car–fuming like a

him