The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 175

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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?

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

he saw her

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

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No-

weren’t just

off last night–by him, in his drunken haze, mistaking her for

his hand

James‘ fingers trembled violently. His entire body felt scorched, like he’d been shoved

shoved her

away

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

blacked out. He

remembered how

she kept trying to tell

she’d struggled and tried to

in that drunken

happened last night… was his fault. He had no right

to

only woke when

opened her eyes, everything from

meant to cross

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

“James, I’m sorry.”

grab the

a word–just sat there, his face

their bodies so close.

he

done something wrong, Lily lowered

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that if 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 some hangover candies… I just wanted to give you a couple. I didn’t think

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