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But whenever he was in front of Leila or Lily, he simply couldn’t control the wild pounding in his chest.
James?
When he heard Lily call him again, he forcibly smothered his racing heartbeat and gave a flat “Yeah.”
After a beat, he added coldly, “I’ll treat the wound real quick.”
Hearing that he was going to treat her injury, Lily tensed up a little..
He wasn’t a trained doctor, and her whole body already hurt like hell. She was afraid it might get worse if he touched her.
She wanted to ask him to be gentle.
But saying something like that felt a little too much like flirting, so she wisely decided to keep her mouth. shut
Back when Wendy had someone ram her car on purpose, James had helped apply ointment while she was in the hospital.
It hadn’t hurt too badly.
She told herself not to be scared.
Since Lily wasn’t speaking, James didn’t waste words either.
After disinfecting the wound, he carefully applied ointment across the scraped area.
As he worked, the pads of his fingers accidentally brushed the smooth skin beside the injury, sending a through his whole body like he’d been shocked.
He almost couldn’t stop himself from lifting her up and kissing her without restraint.
But he couldn’t cross that line again.
Last night, he’d already acted like an animal, ignoring her tears and forcing himself on her again and again jolt
It wasn’t until near dawn that he finally let her go.
No
He wasn’t even fit to be compared to an animal.
No animal would torment someone like that all night long.
Someone like him didn’t deserve to be compared to any creature alive-there was no man or beast more disgusting than he was
Because he was worried about hurting her, he moved slowly as he applied the ointment.
Lily lay on the couch, feeling awkward as hell, and couldn’t help but shift slightly.
But the silky blanket slipped downward with the movement
It was like a sudden snowfall-her flawless skin blazed into view, a vast stretch of dazzling white.
Her waist-to-hip ratio was jaw-dropping.
Utterly mesmerizing.
Last night, he had gripped that narrow waist….
And now, he wanted to again…..
James forced himself to look away, quickly finishing he ointment before yanking his gaze back.
He gently pulled the blanket back up to her waist, then hurried to his feet, putting distance between them. “Lily, just rest here on the couch for a bit.
He glanced at her clothes strewn across the floor and added, “I’ll have someone bring over a change of clothes. Once you’re dressed, I’ll take you to the theater.”
“That’s not necessary.”
Lily had driven herself over last night.
She was about to say it was no trouble-she could drive herself to the theater later.
But he must have been desperate to avoid staying in the same room with her, because before she could even finish, he’d already left the master bedroom with that chilly, keep-your-distante attitude of his,
She didn’t really want to trouble him to bring clothes for her either.
Lily looked at the mess of garments on the floor and decided to just stay put on the couch and wait. Her coat was still intact.
But everything underneath it was completely ruined.
She couldn’t bring herself to wear any of it.
And last night….
She couldn’t even bring herself to think about it.
She could only pretend like nothing had happened, just like Henry and the others had said-treat James like a big brother and move on….
James went straight to the bathroom in the adjacent room and took a cold shower.
Icy water poured down on him, offering a fleeting moment of clarity, but it couldn’t douse the fire burning in his chest.
Whether he opened or closed his eyes, all he could see were flashes of last night-Lily straddling him helplessly, shaking: her tearful pleas; her soft cries of pain
Or the image of spring winds peeling away the veil from a mountain, revealing breathtaking scenery right before his eyes.
Those fevered, intoxicating scenes had practically become his demons
No matter how hard he fought them, he was trapped in a prison of his own making-dragged deeper and deeper into the abyss of desire for her.
The cold shower didn’t help.
James stopped wasting water.
After drying off and dressing, he clenched his phone in his hand.
He couldn’t imagine there was anyone in the world more vile than he was.
He instinctively wanted to send Leila a message to say sorry.
But Leila was already married, and they had both agreed to delete each other and never cross paths again. He had also now become physically involved with Lily.
How could he have the nerve to disturb his Lillse again?
He could only grip his phone tighter, his face deathly pale as he whispered over and over, “Lillse, I’m
I’m sorry
After Lily got herself cleaned up, she ended up riding in James’s car after all.
She realized her legs were still shaky,
Her back hurt terribly too. She was afraid she’d cause an accident if she drove, and James hadn’t given her a choice he had simply picked her up and carried her to the car. So now, she was obediently sitting in the back seat.
“Lily
James glanced at her through the rearview mirror and noticed how stiff she looked.
He knew it was ridiculous for a man to claim he still saw a woman as a sister after taking her body. That wasn’t just irresponsible-it was insulting.
But Lily was abour to marry the man she loved, and their grandparents had told him again and again that he should treat her like a true sister, protect her, care for her. He didn’t want her to be so uncomfortable, so he said coolly, “You don’t have to be this tense around me. From now on, just treat me like your older brother. We’re… family.”
Lily knew that ever since she’d moved into the princess room, Henry and Grace had truly started treating her like their granddaughter.
She liked James, and after everything that happened between them, it was hard to look him in the eye and pretend he was just a brother.
But if she didn’t make an effort to treat him that way, he’d probably worry she was clinging to him, and that would stress him out. After a pause, she softly replied, “Okay.”
James’s large hand on the steering wheel clenched tighter and tighter.
His face turned cold in an instant, a terrifying chill washing over him.
He really had gone insane.
He was the one who told Lily to treat him like a brother.
But now that she actually was treating him that way, the pain in his chest was so suffocating it nearly drove him mad
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