The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 175

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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?

toys didn’t have skin like this–smooth, warm, silky soft. The more he thought, the worse

he

pale as snow, was completely bare–curled up against him like

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clothes weren’t just

last night–by him, in his drunken

his hand was

his palm was unmistakably soft, and James‘ fingers trembled violently. His

her away

away from

as he said them, shame and

blacked out.

remembered how

trying to tell him he had the wrong

struggled and tried to push him

that drunken

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

city for hours last night before coming home. Then she’d fought to push him off for even longer. Completely spent, she’d fallen

only woke when

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

hadn’t meant to cross a

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

“James, I’m sorry.”

she hurried to grab

sat there, his face dark, his whole body

bodies so close. And now, was so repulsed, he probably doubted

he

lowered her head, bit her lip, and quietly

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I didn’t mean to touch you. I saw you drunk and barely able to stand, and I had some

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