The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

hapter 176 The Morning After

Chapter 176 The Morning After

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Lily was so anxious that her forehead was damp with sweat, yet she still couldn’t put any distance between them.

It was already deep into the night.

She’d been through so much–tired, exhausted–and eventually, she just didn’t have the strength anymore. In the end, she fell fast asleep in his arms….

It felt like he was hugging a fluffy cloud–soft, sweet, unbelievably comforting. James held this faintly fragrant cloud in his arms and slept better than he had in years.

When he opened his eyes, it was already broad daylight.

Thanks to the two hangover candies he’d eaten, he wasn’t suffering from any headache or nausea.

Sunlight poured through the sheer curtains, spilling over him in waves of warmth and ease, wrapping him in a gentle, drowsy bliss.

He let out a low, satisfied sigh–and then, like a reel of film unraveling at high speed, everything from the night before rushed into his mind.

Last night, when he returned to his room… he thought he saw

He’d kissed her like a madman, bitten her, and his hands had-

But Leila didn’t live at the Luke family estate.

Leila.

And the way it had all felt… too real, too vivid to have been just a dream.

Then who exactly had he been holding last night?

That’s when he realized something else wasn’t right.

This wasn’t his bed in the study.

And why was there something so soft still pressed against him?

skin like this–smooth, warm, silky soft. The more he thought, the worse the feeling got.

he saw her

snow, was completely bare–curled up against

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clothes weren’t just

him, in his drunken

his hand

his palm was unmistakably soft, and James‘ fingers trembled violently. His entire body felt scorched, like he’d

her away

stay away from

out ice cold. But even as he said them, shame and guilt surged in his chest, and he closed his eyes in

hadn’t blacked

remembered how

to tell him

she’d struggled and tried

his strength was overwhelming–more so in that drunken

last night… was his fault. He had no right to blame her, much

to push him off for even longer. Completely spent, she’d fallen asleep against him like

woke when she heard his

she opened her eyes, everything from the night before–those wild,

meant to cross a

end, she had once again become someone he couldn’t

“James, I’m sorry.”

almost completely exposed, she hurried to grab the

didn’t say a word–just sat there, his face dark, his whole body

remembered everything. Remembered their bodies so close. And now, was so repulsed,

he

who’d done something wrong, Lily lowered

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I wouldn’t appear in front of you again. Last night I didn’t mean to touch you. I saw you drunk and barely able to stand, and I had some hangover candies… I just wanted to give you a