The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 448 The Confession Under Fireworks.

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Grace and Zoey both had pierced ears, so Lily picked out a pair of emerald earrings for each of them.

She tried a pair on herself, but being so young, she couldn’t quite carry the air of elegance they demanded. Still, she could easily picture how regal and summing they would look on her grandmother and her nana.

“Lily, try these.” James said.

She had already chosen several pieces for herself. Normally didn’t care much for jewelry, thinking there was no need to pick too many. But James thought she looked beatiful in everythin and before she knew it, the selection had growIL

Seeing him take out a pair of red diamond earrings along with a matching. quickly said, “No need, I’ve bought more than I can wear.”

Try them,” he insisted.

ace and bracelet, she

There was no winning against his stubbornness, so she relented. She was just about to take the earrings from him when he stepped closer and carefully fastened one onto her left ear himself.

The calloused pads of his fingers brushed her earlobe, sending a faint shiver through her. She felt her cheeks warm without warning.

on the other earring and clasped the necklace

she looked up, the mirror across from them showed the dazzling red diamonds swaying beside her

too. Her skin was pale and delicate to begin with, and in the soft ivory sweater dress she wore today, she looked for all the world like a sweet, gentle little rabbit. The vivid red only made her

dry. He wanted nothing more than to pin her beneath

James…”

her call him pulled him back from his thoughts. He cleared his

store manager and said simply, “We’ll

on the counter, he was already

face burned so much she forgot entirely what she had been about to say. She

a mountain road. When they got out at the top, he took off his suit jacket. draped it over her shoulders, and drew her into his

think I’ve ever properly told

The Confession

had brought her here—he was

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tilting her head back with a bright smile, just in time to hear him say with near- reverence, “I like

had finished leaving his lips, fireworks burst across the night sky in a riot of color The brilliant blooms lit the hazy moonlight and warmed her

to set off fireworks i night for Elsa. Back

her own name spelled out i just how

littering sky, she realized