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But a moment ago, when he glanced down, he caught sight of Lily’s pale collarbone.
Just one look, and he thought of a peeled lychee.
That brief moment of distraction was all it took for John to seize the upper hand.
“You’ve got a death wish.”
Seeing Simon’s ears flushed red, John’s jealousy flared out of control.
Without hesitation, he landed a punch straight on Simon’s face. “If you ever touch my girlfriend again, I swear I’ll kill you! Get out!”
“You’re the one with a death wish!”
Snapping back to reality, Simon returned the punch-harder.
“Lizzy was in so much pain, she slit her wrists! And here you are, chasing Lily around! What do you want her to think?”
“If anything happens to Lizzy, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life!”
The moment Simon mentioned Elsa, John’s eyes flickered with conflict.
But even so, he couldn’t just let Simon manhandle Lily.
Without saying another word, he kicked Simon in the chest. “Out!”
Rage boiled in Simon’s eyes. He was about to strike back when his phone started ringing urgently.
It was Wendy calling.
She said Elsa hadn’t stopped crying.
Heart pounding, Simon shot John a cold glare before turning and storming out.
“Get out.”
Lily didn’t want to see John either.
After catching her breath, she sat up against the headboard and glared at him coldly.
“Lily. I told you-stay away from Simon.”
Lily had never wanted to be near Simon.
She found him repulsive.
Him falling on her just now? Pure accident.
They couldn’t stand each other. There was no way some dumb stumble would suddenly ignite anything between them.
Besides, she and John were already over. She didn’t owe him an explanation.
She just said coolly, “What I do is none of your business. Please leave my room. Don’t ever come back. How long do you plan to keep this going?”
Even when she’d run away from home, she’d still carried their photo with her.
They’d made a vow beneath the silk tree, swearing to stay together till death.
She had even tied strands of their hair together and buried them under that tree, saying she wanted to be with him in the next life too.
She had no friends, had been cast out by the Ginger family-he was the only one she had left. Her only home. Her only support.
She loved him so deeply. How could she ever truly want to break up?
It had just been a spur-of-the-moment threat.
But he didn’t have the patience to entertain her tantrums.
His voice turned cold again. “Don’t bring up breaking up again. You shouldn’t have posted those screenshots and that video. Just apologize to Elsa and let it go.”
“Ha!”
Lily actually laughed at that.
Simon had just said the same thing-and now here came John too!
But honestly, she had no idea what she was even supposed to apologize for.
She tilted her head, smiling like she didn’t know him at all, then said slowly, “So Elsa played dirty first. She led the charge, smeared me as a homewrecker-and I’m not even allowed to prove I’m innocent?”
“Elsa wasn’t the one who released those photos and videos,” John said, trying to keep his cool. “I investigated it already. The person who posted the shots of you leaving our home was a classmate from your high school.”
“He said he smeared you online just because he couldn’t stand you. It had nothing to do with Elsa. Jones Corp’s legal team will sue him and make him pay the price. Lily, I know you’ve been wronged. But you were slandered, and I’ll take care of that. You really shouldn’t have taken matters into your own hands and humiliated Elsa like that.”
Seeing him reach out to pull her into his arms, Lily coldly slapped his hand away and kept her distance.
Something came to mind, and she couldn’t help but laugh. “You’ll handle it? Like how you handled it when you married Elsa-pulling down the trending posts, scrubbing the news coverage? And what did scrubbing it even accomplish? After the news was pulled, the people who saw it still remember. They still know you and Elsa held a wedding and looked like a perfect match. And just the same, they’ll still believe I, Lily, am a shameless mistress. I didn’t do anything wrong. Why should I carry the stain of being called a homewrecker, have people whisper behind my back?”
“And you say you didn’t want Elsa to be embarrassed… She had the nerve to ask you to marry her when we weren’t even broken up yet. If she’s humiliated, isn’t that exactly what she deserves? We were supposed to be the ones getting married. The two of you were the ones sneaking around, hugging and kissing. Wasn’t that cheating? Isn’t she the mistress? Trying to act like a saint-how convenient for the both of you.”
“Lily!”
John’s expression went cold the moment her words turned cutting.
His voice was laced with warning. “Elsa is not a mistress.”
“Ha!”
Lily couldn’t help but feel like he was telling a joke.
There was no point continuing this conversation. She turned her face away and gave her final command, voice icy. “Get out.”
He didn’t move.
In fact, he stubbornly pulled her into his arms again.
The more she struggled, the tighter he held her, like he wanted to absorb her into himself.
He let out a sigh, as if he was compromising. “If you really don’t want to, I won’t make you apologize to Elsa. But Lily… Elsa’s not doing well. The online hate triggered her depression and she tried to kill herself. Even if you won’t say sorry, I hope you’ll stop hurting her. She’s fragile now. She can’t handle any more. I’m only taking care of her out of pity. I don’t have any romantic feelings for her. When she’s gone, I’ll marry you. Just stop targeting her. Let her finish her last journey in peace… please?”
Lily couldn’t break free from his arms. She closed her eyes, numb.
This morning, she had been surrounded and pelted with filth. And now somehow, she had become the villain-bullying Elsa.
No romantic feelings? Then why the kisses, the stolen intimacy?
And as for marriage…
When she had wanted to marry him, he kept delaying the date for Elsa’s sake. Even on the day they were supposed to register, he stood her up. Who even wants to marry him anymore?
Her voice was flat, almost dead. “I support you staying by Elsa’s side until the end. That’s why I’m breaking up with you. Go be a couple. John, I’m letting you go. So please-let me go too.”
“Lily!”
John’s face instantly darkened. “Why are you still making a scene? Do you have to drag everyone down before you’re satisfied? Don’t go too far. You-“
Just as he was about to continue, he noticed how unnaturally red her face was.
He quickly raised a hand to her forehead. Her body was ice cold, but her skin burned.
“You have a fever?”
Seeing her trembling from the heat, he stopped arguing and immediately grabbed the thermometer.
Seeing the number, his usual cold gaze was full of rare panic. “Why are you burning up this badly?”
He gently cradled her in his arms, his voice uncharacteristically soft and worried. “Let’s stop fighting, okay? Let’s just be together-peacefully.”
She could hear the concern in his voice and wavered for a second.
But her heart stayed cold.
Because he cared about Elsa too.
She wasn’t the only one he cared about.
“John, there’s no way we can be together.”
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