The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

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Chapter 264 Elsa Tries Sympathy

Chapter 264 Elsa Tries Sympathy

The banquet hall took up a huge footprint, and the second–floor hallway was wide and spacious. But with so many people charging up at once, it still felt crowded.

When they were downstairs in the banquet hall, John had been desperate to see Lily, desperate to ask her how she could betray him, how she could hurt him like that.

Blood runs deep. And when he finally stood outside the lounge door, ajar and just inches from him, he realized he didn’t have the courage to push it open.

He couldn’t bear to see Lily tangled up with another man, so shameless and wild.

Simon didn’t have the courage either.

A few days ago, James had told him Lily didn’t want to continue their arranged dates.

It tore him up inside. Lily would rather mess around with some sleazy old man than choose him, Simon!

eyes had gone red

thought of the sister–in–law he’d always respected and loved being preyed upon by

badly to pull her

if he barged in and

state–it would all be laid bare in front of everyone. She wouldn’t survive that kind of

“Everyone, get back!”

the hallway surging forward, necks craning to get a look

in that hallway–keep them from gawking at his sister–in–law’s

his older brother. His warning made a

Mary, are

she might collapse. She stepped in with a faux–concerned gesture, catching Mary’s arm and adding fuel to the fire, her

be so tactless to do something like this, on your birthday of all days. She really shouldn’t have. But as a fellow woman, I can’t help but feel sorry for her too. She’ll be talked about, mocked, judged, it’s

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plant a seed–to make Mary believe Lily wasn’t just shameless, but had embarrasse her, ruined her

wanted Mary to turn against Lily, to despise her

status and pride, there was no way she’d tolerate such a scandal at her own