The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 188 A Slap to the Face

Chapter 188 A Slap to the Face

Henry clutched his chest and let out exaggerated groans, all while sneaking glances at James to observe his reaction. James frowned.

He didn’t want to see Henry suffer a heart attack. And he certainly didn’t agree with what Simon had said. His voice came out cold. “Simon, shut your mouth. There are too many inconsistencies in this case. Lily may not be the one at fault. Until the facts are clear, you have no right to accuse her.”

Lowering his gaze, he caught sight of the red marks on Lily’s neck again.

For some reason, he really hated the color red today. Those marks made his chest tighten with irritation.

His tone grew even colder. “Simon shouldn’t have put his hands on you, Lily. Hit him back.”

Henry immediately stopped groaning, hiding a grin behind his hand.

Lily instinctively looked down at her own hands.

Simon was James‘ cousin. She genuinely hadn’t expected him to tell her to hit him.

James‘ sense of right and wrong was sharp. He stood by principle, not by blood.

She actually wanted to hit Simon.

But he was Nancy’s nephew, and Lily liked Nancy too much to feel comfortable raising a hand in front of her.

Nancy noticed her hesitation and gently encouraged her. “Simon was the one in the wrong. You should absolutely hit him back, Lily. Do it.”

Not just Simon–if any of her three sons ever raised their hands against a woman without cause, she’d insist the woman hit back even harder.

With Nancy’s approval, Lily had no reason to keep holding back.

Steadying herself, she walked right up to Simon and, without hesitation, slapped him hard across the face. “Lily!”

Simon’s face turned gray.

would actually strike him

he certainly hadn’t expected James–who never even liked

his beloved aunt and his most admired cousin left him simmering with rage and frustration. He lost control

You don’t even like her! You were so desperate to get rid of her that you told her to go on a blind date–with me! And now you’re protecting her like this? Have you

lost it?!

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The entire room froze.

set Lily up with someone else–but she never thought

do it.

eldest grandson had really sent his own wife to meet

was instantly furious. He stopped pretending to have heart trouble and

something so absurd–setting up his own wife on

felt deeply guilty

over him lifted, and the bitter

James was planning to divorce

he liked. Why would he ever allow his family to force him

marrying into the Luke

to Mathilda. The Ginger family probably didn’t want to sacrifice their biological daughter to a vegetable, so they forced Lily to take her

have agreed because she thought James would never wake up–and maybe to spite him,

made for her. She still cared about what they buried beneath

jealous. Trying to force him to finally let go

filled him with

her anymore, wouldn’t offer her an easy

for her to be kicked out of the Luke