The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 455 Rain and Roses at the Gate

John, you weirdo–can’t you stop being such a constant, vile nuisance?

Take your roses and get lost. Don’t dirty the road outsitle the villa,

It’s raining–why can’t a downpour just finish off a filthy cucumber like you?

Lily had thought of countless ways to curse John out.

She really believed she’d be able to unleash them this time

– Colos

But just as she opened her mouth, James’s hands suddenly tightened. Si the words out, producing only strange, muffled sounds..

helplessly, unable to get

“Mmph..”

“Lily”

Outside the villa gates, John’s face turned ashen, like it had been smeared with a layer of cold dust.

His voice cracked in pain, as though it had been ground beneath a car tire. “What are you doing? What is James doing to you?”

Now Lily understood perfectly–James was doing it on purpose!

Realizing she couldn’t get a single proper insult out, she refused to waste another second listening to John’s nonsense. She hung up immediately and blocked the number.

“Lily!”

of his phone, John was

and over, like a desperate beast ramming itself against a cage, as if he could smash the gate open with

No one answered.

when John pressed the bell again, it didn’t

about the breathless noises he’d heard from Lily on the phone, John felt like a thousand knives were stabbing straight into his chest. Ile bent

let James touch you…

more ragged with each repetition, but he still shouted, “James, I forbid you to touch her! Don’t

rain, falling heavier and heavier, each drop striking his skin

and torn apart by the wind and rain, petals scattered like blood on the

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and Roses

stubbornly, straightening his back as if possessed, calling Lily’s name again

disappointed in him–knew

together meant less than the

had once seen no one else. could see him drenched

leave me you can’t go back on your word I w you, shouldn’t have doubted you. I’ll kneel right here and

he sank to his

been to rock bottom

I shouldn’t have

alone..”

bitter moments, he had

was used to Lily being the one to soften after a fight, to coax him

pride, if he didn’t bow his head to her,

had always been there beside him. He couldn’t bear the thought of