The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 203 A Shredded Night

Chapter 203 A Shredded Night

After a pause, James finally spoke in a cold voice. “I’ll take care of it.”

Without another word, he bent down and began picking up the scraps of fabric from the floor.

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Lily still felt terrible for making him do it. But her legs hurt badly–so even after she got changed, she didn’t plan on moving around much. She didn’t stop him. Instead, she silently resolved that once Grandpa was feeling better, she’d make sure to speak up for James. She would do everything she could to convince the old man to approve their divorce.

The cloth wasn’t hot.

But every scrap reminded James of what had just happened–visions that burned in his mind. His fingers. felt like they were brushing flames, the heat spreading to his fingertips until it seemed he was holding a pile of smoldering embers.

At last, he tossed every piece into the trash.

It should’ve been a simple task. But by the end, his palms were slick with a cold layer of sweat, as if he’d just fought a brutal battle. The images still wouldn’t leave his mind. Avoiding her face entirely, he hurriedly swept up the rest of the fragments, then turned and left the room without another word.

When he returned, he brought her two brand–new hospital gowns.

“Lily, I’ll step outside. Change into one of these.”

Even with the blanket pulled tightly around her, she felt exposed and embarrassed. As soon as he stepped out, she scrambled out from under the covers, brushing off the remaining scraps stuck to her body and rushing to get changed.

But her calf wound had started bleeding again.

The blood had stuck to the blanket. When she peeled it away too quickly, it felt like tearing off a layer of skin.

instinctively. Tears welled up in her

“Lily!”

James panicked. His long legs carried him swiftly back

to see what

The torn pieces of cloth were gone, and the fresh gown was still clutched in her hands, not yet on

there in front of

on her face, like raindrops on a piece of fine silk. Or like crystal drops sliding over

kind of beauty. It

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her, James immediately turned his face away. “Hurry up

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and

get

to suddenly return either. She was so startled she nearly lost her soul. Ignoring the pain in her

fabric and reopened her wound, drawing

noticed the fresh blood right

would heal faster if left uncovered. No one had expected James to lose control the way he

used the blanket to cover herself, but the blood had glued the fabric to her skin.

many

usually didn’t faze him. In fact, when people cried to manipulate or

cry made something in his chest ache–as

ignore the unfamiliar tightness. Then

happened to be a new girl. Her hands were clumsy, and her movements awkward.

her teeth and endured. But the corners of her eyes still turned red, betraying

James noticed.