The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 204 Crushed Hopes

She couldn’t very well voice the thought out loud–it would hurt his pride. So instead, she closed her eyes halfway and stretched out her leg like a soldier accepting her fate.

When James lowered his gaze, the bloody wound on her calf came into view.

The rest of her skin was far too fair, smooth, and delicate. Against that pristine canvas, the raw, torn flesh, on her calf looked even more jarring.

It made his eyes sting. His chest, too.

Without betraying any emotion, he lowered his lashes and focused intently on treating the wound.

Lily was bracing herself, half expecting him to mess it up and make things worse. But to her surprise, his touch was steady and skilled. By the time he sprinkled the hemostatic powder, she barely felt any pain.

Concerned she might aggravate the wound again, he decided to wrap it up.

The light in the room was soft.

It bathed him in a warm glow, softening the edges of his cool, angular features. In that moment, he looked even more breathtaking than usual.

As she stared at the perfection of his profile, her heart began to race uncontrollably.

She realized she might truly be falling for him.

She knew some questions shouldn’t be asked–but her thoughts were scattered, her heart pounding. She couldn’t hold back. “James, if someone you don’t like tried to get close to you… even wanted to be with you… would you feel disgusted?”

If he said no, maybe she could finally tell him the truth–that she was Leila.

James didn’t answer right away.

to what had happened earlier that

chunk of paint off his car. When confronted,

repair cost meant

he had no intention of letting

behavior–dangerous, reckless–could easily cost lives one day. He

about how this kind of thing was normal in web dramas–the female lead damages the male lead’s car, offers her body in return, and the two fall in love and have

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Chapter 204 Crushed Hopes

spent over four years in a coma. He didn’t

even so, he found

he

delicate as they might appear–held up half the sky. He respected

mean he couldn’t find

then claim it was romantic to throw

she’d had her brain rotted by short

had Ashton pull her aside and proceed with the

present, he answered plainly, “Yes. I’d

fleeting sense of hope–of excitement–shattered in an

been a disaster. She had given everything, throwing herself into it like

optimistic, her heart still trembled

into someone again would only end in

yet, what if her love became

her wanting to get close made him

she could do now was let him see her scarred, ugly face

get