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The kind that made your heart skip a beat.
Definitely not the waist of someone with kidney issues.
The taut, powerful lines radiated strength – a distinctly masculine presence that seemed to envelop her. Even her breath felt hot just being near him.
Honestly, even the muscle guys she followed on short video apps didn’t have lower backs this perfect.
That sense of raw power… it was like he could hold up a mountain.
This should be illegal.
Lily’s brain went haywire again.
Her hand that traitorous hand almost reached out to touch it.
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The second she realized what she was about to do, she yanked it back and pinched herself in secret.
Then she finally spotted the wound on his lower back.
It looked like he’d been cut by something sharp -about three or four centimeters long. Not too deep, but the tiny beads of blood made it look painful.
Lily’s heart ached just looking at it.
#INTER
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She didn’t waste any more time. She gently disinfected the wound, stopped the bleeding, then applied the medicine.
Her hands moved with care. From start to finish, only the cotton swab touched him fingers brush his skin.
Once the bleeding had stopped, she quickly stepped back. “I’m done treating it.”
“You should stay lying down for a while, let the medicine dry before you move.”
– not once did her
“I… I’ll go wash up.”
James’s handsome face darkened like ink spreading in water.
Wasn’t this supposed to be a guaranteed win?
Those commenters swore that when they combined injury with seduction, their crushes would hug them tight with teary eyes.
Some even said the girls kissed them on the spot.
Why wouldn’t Lily even touch him?
Still stewing in disappointment, his mind flashed back to a post he’d seen that morning – Jackson’s latest update.
Another shirtless gym selfie.
Captioned: “Lily’s favorite thing to look at and touch chest, abs, and V-line. Gotta keep working hard so she likes them even more!”
James imagined Lily not turning away if it were Jackson standing there shirtless. The jealousy hit hard and fast, burning through his chest.
Usually composed and calm, he couldn’t stop himself from blurting, “Do you really like looking at – or touching – Jackson’s chest and abs?”
“Huh?”
Lily stared at him, caught completely off guard.
She hadn’t even seen Jackson’s chest or abs.
Let alone touched them.
But then Lily remembered – in James’s eyes, she and Jackson were deeply in love, an engaged couple. If she denied it outright, it might sound suspicious. So she muttered under her breath, “Jackson’s… pretty good-looking.”
“Mm.”
James felt his chest tighten with jealousy.
He wanted to say that he had abs and muscles too if she liked that sort of thing, she could look at him, touch him.
But before the words left his mouth, Lily had already backed away quickly and headed for the door.
“James, I don’t feel sick or anything, no fever… Ah-ahchoo! I’m heading back to my room now. Bye!”
With that, she shut the door firmly behind her. As if being in the same room as him was unbearable.
James stood there, eyes dark as night, the pressure around him dropping dangerously low.
He picked up his phone, already seeing a string of eager questions from forum users.
“How’d the ‘injured seduction’ plan go? Did it work?”
Daily check-in: did you lock it down yet?”
James exhaled another wave of icy frustration and typed an honest reply: “Neither the body nor the wound trick worked. She wasn’t affected.”
“Didn’t work?!”
Instantly, more replies poured in.
“That combo didn’t work?! You must be ugly ugly.”
“Wait, no. You said before your looks and body were decent. If you’re not hideous, how could this have failed so hard?”
“Hold on. When you did the whole injury plus shirtless act, did you whimper?”….Whimper?
Whimper what?
James frowned, confused.
Before he could ask, more enthusiastic replies came in.
“Just stating the facts – I successfully became the main guy.”
“Last time, I cut my butt on purpose and made her put medicine on it. I lay on the bed, whimpered a little, wiggled around – she felt so bad for me. That night, she dumped her cheating boyfriend and made things official with me.”
James couldn’t even begin to relate.
Cutting his lower back was already pushing his limits.
And whimpering while wiggling? No chance.
The cloud of frustration around him thickened. He looked like he was wrapped in a storm cloud.
He had no idea how to “wiggle” or “whimper” convincingly.
Thankfully, a kind soul chimed in with more guidance.
More replies followed:
“I’m a pro at whining and wiggling!”
“Here’s what you do: show off your waist, chest, abs – then go all cute and clingy in front of her. She’ll melt on the spot.”
“If you still don’t get it, search for videos of people acting clingy online.”
“Watch and learn. Guarantee she’ll fall for you!”
“Go now!”
James had never acted cute in his life – let alone wiggled or flirted in front of a woman.
But since they all mentioned that particular video, he opened a short video app and searched for it.
The second the actress playing Diao Chan started whimpering, James’s lips twitched violently.
He had to admit that kind of flirtation would definitely break his defenses if Lily used it on him.
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