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He couldn’t stand to watch her retching like that anymore-looking sick and miserable because of him. He turned to leave.
But when he saw her sitting there, eyes watery and looking completely miserable, something twisted in his chest. In the end, he poured her a cup of warm water.
“Lily, try drinking some water.”
The trash can was still clean. Lily hadn’t actually thrown anything up.
She pressed lightly on her lower stomach, took the cup from him, and said quietly, “Thanks.”
“Yeah,” James replied coolly, clearly not in the mood to talk.
Lily’s stomach slowly started to settle. After a few sips of water, she felt a lot better.
Realizing she wasn’t wearing much, she quickly set the cup down and grabbed a coat to cover herself.
Thinking back on the misunderstanding, she sat on the edge of the bed and said softly, “I really don’t think you’re disgusting. I just… my stomach wasn’t feeling great today.”
“Yeah.”
James didn’t want to argue, but he didn’t believe a word of it either.
If she’d really just had an upset stomach, why hadn’t she gotten sick earlier? Why only when he kissed her?
He wasn’t buying it-not for a second.
“James, have you seen a doctor?” Lily knew he didn’t want to talk about what Wesley had done to him, but she was still concerned. “I think you should get checked out. Let a doctor figure out a treatment plan. If the drug left any lasting effects, it could cause real problems later.” Worried he might ignore the problem, she added gently, “What if you get married and have kids someday? If the symptoms flare up when you’re with someone else, it could destroy your marriage. You should really take care of it now.”
That drug hadn’t left him with any side effects.
He hadn’t kissed her because of any side effect. He did it because he was shameless and too weak to fight the mess inside his own head.
But she wanted nothing more than to divorce him, and he’d literally made her sick, with a kiss. There was no way he could admit the truth, So he just gave a flat reply. “Yeah.”
Lily let out a quiet breath of relief, glad he was at least open to treatment.
She wanted a family more than anything. And once she had this baby, there was no way she’d be able to send it back to the Luke family,
Sull, the Luke family were genuinely kind people. Even if they found out she was pregnant and went through with the divorce, they wouldn’t try to take the baby from her.
Her feelings were mixed. On one hand, she didn’t want James to know about the pregnancy-she didn’t want to disrupt his life. But on the other, he had a right to know. Maybe he deserved to hear it.
It’s not like she or the baby would get in his way. Telling him probably wouldn’t matter.
After thinking for a moment, she carefully asked, “James, once we’re divorced, we’ll both go on to get married and have families. Do you like kids?”
James frowned.
His first instinct was to reject the idea of divorcing her.
The thought of her walking down the aisle with Jackson, smiling, starting a new life-that made his blood boil.
As for whether he liked kids…
James had never thought about it.
But after divorcing Lily, there was no way he’d get married again or have children. So there was no reason to like kids.
Without giving it much thought, he answered, “No.”
Lily’s lips parted slightly. Her next words caught in her throat.
She sat stiffly on the edge of the bed for a moment, then asked quietly, “What if someone was pregnant with your child? What would you do?”
Pregnant with my child?
He hated getting close to people. The only ones he’d ever wanted to be close to were Leila and Lily.
Leila was a man-so was he. That wasn’t even a possibility.
And Lily couldn’t have children. So the two of them couldn’t have a baby either. if he ever had a child, it would have to be with some woman he didn’t care about.
But he had zero interest in any other woman. There was no way he’d let something like that happen.
Still, Lily had asked a hypothetical-what if someone got pregnant with his child?
He instinctively rejected the idea and said flatly, “I’d get rid of it. I don’t like women and I’m not having a kid.
He had enough self-control around other women that even if someone tried to trap him, it wouldn’t work. He’d never touch them.
If any woman besides Lily ended up pregnant with his child, he wouldn’t give in just because of that. He wouldn’t want the baby either.
Get rid of it.
Lily’s heart sank, and she subtly shielded her belly with her hand.
Forget it. There was no way she could let him know.
She couldn’t let the baby she already loved be heartlessly taken away by its own father.
This child was hers and hers alone.
“Lily, when’s Jackson free?”
That morning. James had seen Jackson’s latest post-one of those stories set to “close friends only.”
In the photo, Jackson had lifted his tank top to show off his eight-pack abs. The caption read, “Lily says I’m loyal and loves my abs. I’m so happy. I’m going to be Lily’s man forever.”
James started to dislike dogs from that day on.
He also didn’t want to see Jackson’s flamboyant, annoying face ever again. But he knew Lily was eager to get the divorce certificate. In order to get his grandfather, Henry’s approval sooner, he still spoke in a calm tone, “If he’s free tomorrow night, he can come over for dinner.
Dinner tomorrow night….
That meant the day after tomorrow, we’d be finalizing our divorce.
A dull ache pressed against Lily’s chest.
We got married so abruptly. He felt wronged and disgusted by it. I had already promised to go through with the divorce and wouldn’t go back on my word.
Even though I’m deeply in love with him.
“Lily…”
Urged by him, she quickly replied, “He… he’s always free. I’ll bring him over tomorrow night.”
“Okay.”
Maybe emotions were contagious, James also felt tightness and bitterness in his chest.
Still, worried she might stress about his grandfather not approving their divorce, he pushed the pain down and tried to reassure her.
“Don’t worry. I only like men. I can’t be with a woman. Even if Grandpa disapproves tomorrow night, I’ll still go with you to the marriage office the day after tomorrow. Let’s just keep it from him for now. He’ll agree sooner or later.”
Lily gave a soft nod.
He is clearly in a rush to get this divorce done. I’ll cooperate without hesitation.
I had already told Mr. Dean that my final performance would be the night after tomorrow.
Once I finish my last performance of “Cherry”, I’ll leave Capital City.
He will stay here, and I will return to a small town in the South. We’d never cross paths again.
Ashton was determined to earn that double year-end bonus.
He called in a few of his toughest guys. Though usually polished and well-mannered, he fought with ruthless speed and precision-classic polished thug.
The three Ginger brothers were all skilled fighters.
But Ashton and his team were no pushovers either.
And numbers mattered. Three pairs of fists were no match for several. The Ginger brothers took quite a beating, their faces scratched and bruised.
The commotion got so loud that someone called the cops. Once the officers arrived and broke up the fight, both sides finally stepped back.
No one was seriously injured, and neither side pressed charges, so after a few stern warnings, the cops let them all go.
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