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But tonight-when she was injured more seriously than ever before he just left?
The shock hollowed her out. Her usually composed phoenix-shaped eyes filled with something rare. panic.
She choked on his name. “John.. please, believe me. I didn’t mean to do it tonight. I know I was wrong. I’m in so much pain… can’t you just hold me?”
But John didn’t look back.
“John.
Elsa trembled, consumed by pain she couldn’t control.
She’d been so sure she would win in the end. She’d never imagined that despicable bitch Lily could still worm her way back into his heart.
She couldn’t let Lily take him away.
“Simon… I think John hates me now…
If she couldn’t hold onto John, she would have to turn to Simon with her grief.
“I know I went too far tonight… I was just so scared for my i you think I’m horrible too? Do you hate me now?” mom. I didn’t know what else to do. Simon, do
But Simon wasn’t listening.
His mind kept looping the same line over and over again: Lily broke three ribs for John.
He’d never seen it himself-he’d been abroad during that time. He hadn’t seen Lily get beaten bloody. hadn’t seen her come home bruised and broken just to pay for John’s surgery.
But somehow… the image played in his mind anyway.
He could almost see it-Lily, covered in blood, her face bruised beyond recognition, crying
And that imagined cry-raw and pitiful-rattled him. It clawed at his thoughts, drowned out Elsa’s voice.
All he could manage was a vague, distracted “Yeah.”
Yeah!
The word stabbed Elsa straight through the heart.
She’d always seen herself as above others-elegant, untouchable, the kind of woman men would fight over.
She’d never known this kind of humiliation.
She realized now that Lily’s video had been too damning,
No matter what she said, she could never make John and Simon look at her the way they used to.
So she went limp and let her body sag, pretending to pass out.
There was no other choice.
She couldn’t let one defeat stop her. Not now.
She’d bide her time.
Lily would pay.
She’d make sure of it.
She would crush Lily completely-so thoroughly that John and Simon would have no room left in their hearts for anyone but her.
She would be the one who won in the end.
“Lily!”
John’s shout echoed as he reached the front steps.
James was just about to place Lily into the car.
His arms. ms were warm. He carried the fresh, clean scent of something cool and pure. Lily had been content, sinking into that comfort, that warmth.
And then she heard John’s voice.
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In an instant, it felt like her sweet dream shattered-like thick clouds suddenly swallowed the sun.
Seeing James still holding Lily in his arms, John’s brow tightened. He strole up, clearly trying to snatch her back into his armis.
“Get lost.”
James shot him a disgusted glare, not budging an inch.
Lily didn’t even bother pretending to be polite. Her voice was cold as ice. “John, do you not understand human language? I honestly, seriously can’t stand you. Just looking at you makes me sick. What happened tonight-the police will deal with it. Can you stop showing up just to disgust mei
“Lily, I know I let you down again tonight.”
John glanced at his own right hand-the one that had gripped her throat-and guilt surged through his eyes like a flood. “Back upstairs, when I saw Elsa bleeding, I just assumed it was you who hurt her. That’s why I lost it… hurt you… I regret it so much. You once sold your own blood just to raise money for my surgery. No matter how painful or humiliating the job, you did it. You even worked as a human punching bag for rich people just to make fast cash. You broke three ribs for me. You were so good to me, and I was such an idiot-I kept Tetting you down. You gave me so much… I can’t believe you’d suddenly stop loving me. Lily, I’m begging you, just give me one last chance. Come home with me, please?”
Hearing him bring up the past, Lily paused for a moment.
Maybe it was because the Ginger family had hurt her so deeply. She’d been isolated, desperate for warmth. So when John reached out a hand to help her during the bullying, she fell for him-hard and fast.
She hadn’t even known what kind of person he truly was,
Back then, she was unbelievably stupid.
She didn’t want to dwell on how pathetic she used to be. Her voice was cold and firm. “John, believe it or not, I really don’t love you anymore.”
“That’s impossible! If you didn’t love me, then what did everything you did for me mean? Breaking three ribs for me-what was that?”
His voice pushed her to relive her own foolishness, and it made her sick.
She cut him off sharply. “It means I was blind! I wasted four years being blind-I’m not going to waste the rest of my life that way. Honestly, the more I think about all the stupid things I did for you, the more I regret it. Just because you helped me that one time when I was being bullied, I threw myself into loving you before I even figured out whether you were a person or a dog. Back then, I was such a fool. Loving you was the dumbest thing I’ve ever done, and I refuse to be that dumb again. John, let me make it perfectly clear if I could go back in time, on that snowy night four years ago, I wouldn’t have saved you. If I had to do something that night-
She gave a bitter laugh.
I’d have shoved you straight into that river and sent you on your way
“What did you just say?”
John’s pupils contracted sharply.
She regretted saving him?
She actually said she wished she’d let him die?
The shock and pain slammed into him all at once, leaving him too stunned to even keep fighting for her.
By the time he snapped out of it, James had already placed her in the car.
Ashton stepped on the gas. The black luxury vehicle sped off into the night, disappearing like a shadow swallowed by darkness.
And just like that, Lily was gone.
That thought twisted a knife into his heart.
It felt like she might disappear from his life forever.
The pain in his chest grew unbearable. He didn’t even have the courage to chase after her. He could only clutch his chest, his ores rimmed red, bending over slowly-his heart shredded into pieces all over again.
Later that night, he got in his car and drove.
No destination. No purpose.
Just a hollow shell of a man, wandering through the noise of the city like a puppet without strings.
When Lily used to live in their shared home, he always tried to come back every night.
No matter how busy or exhausted he was, the thought of coming home to her smile made all the stress melt away.
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