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.

what had happened

deliberately scraped a huge chunk of paint off his car. When confronted,

repair cost meant

of letting her off the

kind of behavior–dangerous, reckless–could easily cost lives one

was happening, she panicked. She ranted 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,

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Chapter 204 Crushed Hopes

years in a coma. He didn’t know much about current trends or

even so, he found the whole

that he looked down

appear–held up half the sky. He respected those

mean he couldn’t

it was romantic to throw herself

she’d had her brain rotted

him, he immediately had Ashton pull her aside and

he answered plainly,

of hope–of excitement–shattered in an

disaster. She had

heart still trembled

was terrified that pouring her heart into someone again would only end in more

yet, what if her love became a burden to

of her wanting to get

she could do now was let him see her scarred, ugly face on Sunday. Let him

could get on with his