The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 368 The Bitter Price

Yulia was clearly terrified of going to jail.

She sobbed uncontrollably, her voice choked with panic and despair.

But to Lily, her tears weren’t the least bit pitiful. She wasn’t about to play the saint and let her off.

Yulia had already called once before, pleading to avoid detainment.

Back then, she’d put on the same heartfelt act Tull of guilt, full of tears- yet none of it had stopped her from targeting Lily again.

And now, she clearly knew Lily was pregnant.

She had drenched her in freezing water and tried to shove her off the stage- her aim was obvious: she wanted to kill Lily’s baby.

If James hadn’t shown up just in time to catch her, the baby would’ve been lost.

If things had gone worse, Lily might’ve hemorrhaged like Elsa had been forced to undergo the same surgery, or worse… she and the baby might not have survived at all.

Why should she forge any of that?

“Yulia, you led the attack against me. Don’t you think there should be consequences?”

Lily’s voice was ice–cold, every word deliberate and firm. “Getting expelled, being sued, going to jail – all of it is exactly what you deserve.”

“Lily!”

Cornered and humiliated, Yulia was seething inside.

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But that’s the way people like her were if Lily had been weak and helpless, she would’ve screamed at her, maybe even threatened her with revenge.

But now that Lily stood tall, backed by real power, Yulia didn’t even dare curse at her, let alone retaliate.

Lily ended the call.

every ounce of blame and hatred onto

she wouldn’t have lost everything, wouldn’t be hated by all, and wouldn’t

end, Elsa was the one who

hatred she would carry it to

out of bed and wash up when the bathroom

James stepped out, shirtless.

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casting a warm golden glow across his body, making the

His physique was incredible.

the

but never exaggerated.

skin, firm chest, chiseled abs, and pronounced V–line as he walked toward her, it

she had stayed in his room before, he always came out of the shower fully dressed, making sure she didn’t

it was still early and

Look ategy

to look, she politely turned her head to the

eyes met and she immediately looked away, James’s face

he’d made had gotten a lot of

the thread asking how his “seduction plan” was going and even gave him a ton of

had shared how he’d managed to “climb the ranks” as

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always checking

she’d dumped the scumbag husband, and he

woman before, let

worked, he figured

And yet…

a rock. He didn’t even get a chance

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