The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 243 The Truth He Couldn’t Hide

Chapter 243 The Truth He Couldn’t Hide

The scratch marks were obvious.

There was no doubt–they were from her.

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She’d usually behaved herself when drunk over the past two years. So why the hell had she gone full wolf on him this time?

Her behavior was nothing short of criminal.

Lily quietly pinched her own damm hand.

She wanted to slap her mouth too, but that would be too obvious. If he saw, he’d know she remembered everything she did while drunk. And that was way too embarrassing. She had no choice but to pretend she’d blacked out.

The shame was so overwhelming, she forgot to even call him by his alias.

“James, 1…”

The moment she said his real name, her nerves spiked again, and she had no idea what to do with her

hands or feet.

She scrambled to cover for herself. “I I saw your assistant Ashton on my phone once. I know your name’s James.”

The second he heard her say his name, his eyelids lifted sharply.

He didn’t know if it was just his imagination, but the way she flushed and called him James–it felt exactly like Lily.

How does she know my name?

sentence cleared

Corporation at press events. Ashton had brought them up the mountain today. If

“Mm.

heat and chaos that had erupted inside the tent earlier. His face turned red again. He couldn’t even look her

mortified, remembering

I tend

James‘ lips parted slightly.

do thing rude, right?”

She did.

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She absolutely did

worse. He was in no position to call

he finally answered, cars burning. “You

out a long

bigger person. He

between them dragged on. She opened her mouth, trying to come up with something to break the tension–when he suddenly spoke again,

to you. As you already figured out, my name isn’t Elias. It’s

“It’s fine.

fake name. They weren’t close back then, and she’d given him a

with shame and self–disgust.

his

he wished he could carve the shame

continued. “The reason I disappeared for over four years was because I was in a coma. When I woke up, I found out my family had already arranged a marriage. I’ve already filed for divorce with her, but… but I was drunk once. No–twice. One of those times I was actually sober. I wasn’t in my right mind, but…

“Leila. I’m sorry.”

been proud, composed, and untouchable was now covered in raw vulnerability.

will you still have me?” Hearing the shame in his voice, the way he seemed to loathe himself, Lily’s chest twisted

ache spread

arms around him, to hold him tightly and

But she didn’t dare.