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. His gaze dropped. Sure enough, the person locked tightly in his arms…

he saw her

as snow, was completely

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weren’t just

night–by him, in his drunken

hand

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

her away

away from

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

blacked out.

how

kept trying to tell him he had the wrong

tried to push him

his strength was overwhelming–more so in that drunken state.

had no right to blame

for hours last night before coming home. Then she’d fought to

only woke when she heard his

everything from the night before–those

to cross a

had once again become someone he couldn’t stand to look

“James, I’m sorry.”

hurried to grab the blanket nearby and tightly wrapped it

his face dark, his whole

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

he

child who’d done something wrong, Lily lowered her head, bit her

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it wasn’t necessary, 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