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.

cry out instinctively. Tears welled

“Lily!”

cry out, James panicked. His long legs carried him swiftly

expected to see what

gone, and

stood there in front of him,

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

was born with that kind of beauty. It didn’t

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James

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get

was so startled she nearly lost her soul. Ignoring the pain in her leg, she frantically pulled on

fabric and reopened her wound, drawing another sharp sting

the fresh blood right

her wound, assuming it would heal faster if left uncovered. No one had expected James to lose control the way he had.

used the blanket to cover herself, but the blood had glued the fabric to her skin. Tearing it away had only ripped the skin

many people cry

faze him. In fact, when people cried to manipulate or sway

seeing her cry made something in his chest ache–as if someone had taken a blade to

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

Her hands were clumsy, and her movements awkward. When

her teeth and endured.

James noticed.