The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Not Even Worth Regretting

Not Even Worth Regretting

What a burrkill.

In an instant, it felt like her sweet dream shattered–like thick clouds suddenly swallowed the sun.

Seeing James still holding Lily in his arms, John’s brow tightened. He strole up, clearly trying to snatch her back into his armis.

“Get lost.”

James shot him a disgusted glare, not budging an inch.

Lily didn’t even bother pretending to be polite. Her voice was cold as ice. “John, do you not understand human language? I honestly, seriously can’t stand you. Just looking at you makes me sick. What happened tonight–the police will deal with it. Can you stop showing up just to disgust mei

“Lily, I know I let you down again tonight.”

John glanced at his own right hand–the one that had gripped her throat–and guilt surged through his eyes like a flood. “Back upstairs, when I saw Elsa bleeding, I just assumed it was you who hurt her. That’s why I lost it… hurt you… I regret it so much. You once sold your own blood just to raise money for my surgery. No matter how painful or humiliating the job, you did it. You even worked as a human punching bag for rich people just to make fast cash. You broke three ribs for me. You were so good to me, and I was such an idiot–I kept Tetting you down. You gave me so much… I can’t believe you’d suddenly stop loving me. Lily, I’m begging you, just give me one last chance. Come home with me, please?”

Hearing him bring up the past, Lily paused for a moment.

Maybe it was because the Ginger family had hurt her so deeply. She’d been isolated, desperate for warmth. So when John reached out a hand to help her during the bullying, she fell for him–hard and fast.

She hadn’t even known what kind of person he truly was,

Back then, she was unbelievably stupid.

She didn’t want to dwell on how pathetic she used to be. Her voice was cold and firm. “John, believe it or not, I really don’t love you anymore.”

“That’s impossible! If you didn’t love me, then what did everything you did for me mean? Breaking three ribs for me–what was that?”

voice pushed her to relive her own foolishness,

I did for you, the more I regret it. Just because you helped me that one time when I was being bullied, I threw myself into loving you before I even

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shoved you straight into that river and sent you on

you

John’s pupils contracted sharply.

She regretted saving him?

actually said she wished she’d

and pain slammed into him all at once, leaving him too

time he snapped out of it, James had

the gas. The black luxury vehicle sped off into the night,

like that,

twisted a

like she might disappear from his life

her. He could only

night, he got in

No destination. No purpose.

man, wandering through the noise of the city

used to live in their shared home,

he was, the thought of coming home to her smile made all the

he loved going

looked forward to

now… with Lily gone, that place didn’t feel like home

how long he