The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 226 The Turning Point

Chapter 226 The Turning Point

“Lily”

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The shock from the video hit John like a bolt of lightning. He stood frozen in place for a long, long time before he finally regained his senses.

But the moment he did, overwhelming remorse and heartbreak surged through him like a tidal wave, crashing mercilessly into his chest.

Lily was the love of his life–the only woman he had ever wanted to spend forever with. Even if she couldn’t have children, she was still the one and only person he had ever chosen.

She was his girlfriend. The woman he had planned to marry. He was supposed to protect her, cherish her. give her a life of happiness. And yet, just now, he’d completely lost his mind–for Elsa–and laid hands on Lily

He had nearly strangled her to death.

He’d nearly thrown her over the railing.

When she needed him most, when she was being wrongfully accused, he hadn’t shielded her from the storm. Instead, he’d handed her the blade and plunged it straight through her heart.

How could he have done that

He wasn’t even human.

to the woman he loved?

delicate neck–recalling the terror and despair in her

“I… I didn’t know. I didn’t know it was

his heart twisting in agony. “I thought she was telling the truth. I thought you’d pushed her. I was completely wrong. I misunderstood you again, Lily, I was wrong. I

spoke, he reached out, trying

Her legs were so weak

moment he reached for her, she mustered all her

me! You disgust me,

had never

being this cold and defiant, her eyes full of thorns aimed straight

today, he had been

to be

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226 The Turning

turned his face back toward her, trying to coax her gently. “Lily. I’m sorry, I

he could finish, Lily

her voice sharp and filled with rage. “You’re damn right you shouldn’t have. Your had no right–none–to hurt me like that just because Elsa said a few words. Who the hell do you think

I really had committed a crime, it’d be up to the law to

suddenly let out a bitter,

told me once how much you hated your father. How you despised him for being unfaithful to your mother, for hurting her again and again until she wasted away and died in misery. You said you’d never forgive him for choosing some woman on the outside over his own wife. But look at you now, John. You’ve become him. You’re just like that bastard. Luckily for me, I woke up in time and saw through your selfish, cold–hearted lies. I get to start

“Lily”

”

his parents, the pain in

young and brokenhearted. He had always hated