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.

welled up in her

“Lily!”

long legs carried him swiftly

to see what he

had just pulled away the blanket. The torn pieces of cloth were gone, and the fresh gown was

in front of

face, like raindrops on a piece of fine silk. Or like crystal drops sliding over flawless white jade–pure and soft, yet

kind of beauty. It

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her, James immediately turned his face away.

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and

get

so startled she nearly lost her soul. Ignoring the pain in her leg, she

she tugged too hard at the fabric and reopened her wound, drawing another sharp sting of pain.

the fresh blood

faster if left uncovered. No one had expected James to lose control the way he had. In his chaos, he must’ve hit

cover herself, but the blood had glued the fabric to her

many people cry

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

cry made something in his chest ache–as if

against his chest, trying to ignore the unfamiliar tightness. Then he turned and left

were clumsy, and her movements awkward. When she began

didn’t want to embarrass the nurse, so she gritted her teeth and endured.

James noticed.