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Given that he had just recently woken from a coma, he probably wasn’t in good shape to wash clothes.
She offered help with good intentions. “Need to do laundry?”
“I was just about to wash some of mine. If you want, I can throw yours in too!”
She wants to wash it for me…
James’s face darkened several shades deeper.
That would mean handing over not just his pride, but his dignity too.
He normally wasn’t the type to lash out. He knew last night’s dream was his fault alone-no one else’s.
But just the memory of mistaking Lily for Leila… of touching her in that dream… made it impossible to speak to her gently.
He clenched the fabric in his hands and snapped, “Get out.”
Lily caught the flicker of shame in his eyes..
And then-like a lightning bolt-realization hit her.
Vegetative patients… couldn’t take care of themselves.
James had only just woken up. Maybe his body wasn’t fully back to normal. Maybe he’d lost control of-
Wait.
Was the thing he was hiding behind his back not a shirt or a tie. but underwear?
Had he had an accident?
Even healthy people would be cinbarrassed by that. And James-the pride of the Luke family-must be even more humiliated.
She understood.
She completely understood.
Her heart softened with sympathy.
She even thought about telling Grace, so a doctor could be brought in to help him recover properly.
But… it wasn’t right to share such a personal matter without his permission.
She decided to ask him first, gently.
“James, should I tell Mom or Grandma? Maybe they can bring a doctor over!”
“What?”
James’s brows knitted. The doctors had already cleared him-his recovery was going extremely well. Why would he need a doctor?
Lily realized they were clearly not telepathic. Her words were too subtle. He didn’t get it.
So she decided to be direct.
“You… wet your pants, didn’t you?” she asked with painful sincerity. “You were a vegetative patient for years. It’s normal if there are lingering issues. Don’t feel bad. With proper treatment, you’ll recover!”
“What?”
Wet his pants?
Health issues?
What the hell was she talking about?
“I could look up the doctor’s number? Maybe I can give them a call?”
Lily assumed he was just too embarrassed to tell Grace or Nancy. She softened her tone, trying to be kind and respectful.
James, meanwhile, had gone stiff from head to toe.
As he stared down at the fabric clutched in his fist, his knuckles went white.
-Now he understood.
She thought he had wet himself.
And she wanted to call a doctor.
For a man, especially someone like him, this was a direct hit to pride, ego, and manhood all in one.
But the worst part?
He… didn’t even have feelings for her. Not the kind that would justify this absolute hu
And she would never, ever be able to do anything intimate with him.
She thought something was wrong with him in that department….
It didn’t matter.
It was whatever.
It wasn’t important!
James didn’t care what Lily thought, so he didn’t bother explaining himself. He simply repeated, “Get out.”
Lily flinched at the chill in his voice.
Seeing his expression as cold as ancient ice, she realized she’d hurt his sensitive, fragile male pride by speaking the truth.
He didn’t want a doctor to check him out right now either.)
But since she genuinely liked Grace and the other elders in the family, she naturally wished James good health and happiness.
The fact that he refused treatment worried her.
Still, the thought that doctors would be doing regular checkups on him anyway brought her some comfort. Even if he refused help now, they’d eventually pick up on any issues during routine exams. Her heart, which had been tightly clenched, slowly cased back into place.
She hoped he’d recover soon, find someone he truly loved after they divorced, and live a life full of children and grandchildren-not end up like her, stripped of the ability to have children forever.
The thought that she would never get to be a thother again darkened Lily’s eyes. Without saying another word, she quietly walked out of the room.
After she left, James still looked terrible.
Especially when he was scrubbing his own clothes-wayes of disgust for himself surged up again and again, consuming his heart and making him feel like death would’ve been easier.
After showering, he grabbed his phone. He couldn’t resist the urge to send Leila another message: “I’m sorry.”
But then he remembered how much she hated it when he apologized all the time. In the end, he didn’t send it.
All those thoughts and emotions were reduced to just two words.
Good morning.
Everything that had happened last night-in the bathroom, and in that absurd dream-had been a mistake.
From now on, he had to be more careful. He could never let himself have physical contact with Lily again.
Lately, a few good roles Lily had been shortlisted for had all ended up going to Elsa
Still, she had a number of minor side characters to voice, so she was going to stay busy either way.
After breakfast, she headed to the recording studio.
Most directors in the industry didn’t mess around with voice actors. Normally, there were plenty of people in the studio too. What happened yesterday had been an exception. There was no way she was going to let someone like Randall-who was nothing more than a walking pile of crap-get in the way of her dreams.
Today, she was scheduled at the Crumble recording studio.
The director of Crumble-Annie-had only booked her to do a few minor supporting roles. Lily calculated that she could wrap it all up by midday.
Then she’d have time in the afternoon to look at apartments.
Once she moved out of the Luke family home in six months, she couldn’t just live in hotels forever. Since she had some money now, she wanted to buy a place of her own.
But just as she finished her work, Annie surprised her by saying she loved her voice and expressiveness, and asked her to voice the second female lead.
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