The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

hapter 174 Only a Hug… Just One Hug

Chapter 174 Only a Hug… Just One Hug

She’d really fallen for him.

Even though she tried so hard to fight it.

Even though she tried to shut her heart away.

In the end, she surrendered–fully aware she was losing herself.

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The weight of despair and self–loathing swallowed her whole, and tears surged uncontrollably from her eyes.

Warm droplets fell one by one onto his arm.

And soaked into his heart.

“Leila, don’t cry…”

He held her tighter, clumsily and frantically wiping away her tears, whispering over and over, “Don’t cry. Don’t cry…”

Lily didn’t want to cry in front of him.

But the moment he tried to comfort her like that, her tears just spilled even faster, as if they weren’t worth a thing.

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Inside, she was overwhelmed with sorrow and conflict like never before.

He was holding her gently, speaking softly, his voice full of tender affection.

She could tell–he truly cared about “Leila.” He genuinely wanted to be with “Leila.”

But all of that was based on one thing: he didn’t know Leila was actually Lily.

There was no future for the two of them.

The more she thought about it, the harder it was to bear. Her tears poured like a stream down her face.

in his drunken haze, James could sense she was crying even

single tear felt like a blade digging into

his soul

and gently comforting her. “Don’t cry… Leila, please

really not Leila. You’ve got the wrong

eyes. “I’m Lily. The one you hate the most. This morning, you even warned me to stay out of your sight. You hate me so much–if you wake up and find out you touched me while you were drunk,

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“Leila… Leila…”

He just kept holding her tight, repeating her name again

voice was soaked

sank into deeper

had no idea

whether to

to hold you for a bit. Just let

Lily’s body tensed.

used to

he wasn’t in his right mind. Letting him get this close was wrong. It was taking

he just wanted to hold her. Just for

say no to

end, she gave

closer

and hesitant, she raised her hand and gently hugged

out to touch a bit of warmth they’d longed

“Leila…”

been trying to push him away. Even though he’d

hug him back, every bit of that unease and helplessness vanished–replaced by

his head, eyes locked

was so drunk, his usually sharp and regal phoenix eyes were misted

perspective, most of her

see were her beautiful, shimmering peach–blossom eyes–and her lips, the ones that had haunted him like

kiss

wanted to claim those

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