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– to be fed, pampered, doted on.
He wanted her soft hands and gentle attention. Not a grown man roughly shoving soup at his face. Definitely not bathing.
“Lily…” he gasped between coughs.
James was not feeding him gently.
That spoonful had been aggressive – like a punch to the mouth.
Eyes wet from coughing, Jackson turned to Lily with a pitiful gaze. “Your ex-husband is so mean… I don’t want him feeding me. Can you do it instead?”
–
Lily had noticed too. James’s feeding wasn’t just clumsy it was borderline hostile.
–
She realized she had overthought things earlier. James wasn’t trying to seduce Jackson he was trying to choke him out of spite.
Jackson had been injured protecting her. He was someone she genuinely cared about, like a younger brother. There was no way she could just stand there and let James torment him.
She looked at Jackson’s tearful, red face and couldn’t bear it. “James, it’s okay. I’ll feed Jack myself.”
“No need.” James’s voice was cold. “I don’t find it troublesome at all.”
Lily knew James had always been dignified, disciplined, and proper. He wasn’t the type to deliberately choke someone out.
He’d probably never fed anyone before. Maybe he was just bad at it.
It would be cruel to tell him he was doing a terrible job.
But Jackson’s eyes – so wide, so vulnerable – were hard to ignore. She hesitated, then took the bowl back anyway.
“James, really… I’ve got it. I’ll take care of Jack myself.”
Of course, to her, Jackson was family. Feeding him wasn’t strange. But bathing?
Absolutely not.
She would ask the hospital for a male nurse to assist with that later. No need to bring it up with James she doubted he cared to hear it.
After a pause, she added gently, “Maybe you should go home and rest.”
James looked down at his now empty hands. His face darkened, inch by inch.
So she was that eager to feed Jackson? That quick to reject him?
–
He wasn’t shameless. Normally, if someone told him he was being a nuisance, he would’ve left.
But right now, he couldn’t stand the thought of them being alone together. So he stayed rooted in the room like a statue.
Lily could feel the chill in the air.
– cold, silent, stiff
She knew James probably came with good intentions. Telling him to leave again would only hurt his pride.
Since he wasn’t insisting on feeding Jackson anymore, she didn’t push him out. Instead, she sat calmly by the bed, feeding Jackson spoonfuls of soup.
“Mmm. Soup tastes even better when Lily feeds me,” Jackson murmured with a smile.
After all these years, Lily was feeding Jackson porridge again. If he had a tail, Jackson would’ve been wagging it sky-high.
With a smug glance at James, he said sweetly, “Lily’s so good to me. I wish I could stay with you forever.”
“Silly Jack…”
Jackson could be wild and uncontrollable in front of others, often angering authority figures half to death. But in front of Lily, he was pure softness – no trace of rebellion in his expression, only wide-eyed sweetness that tugged at the heart.
–
Looking at his handsome, obedient face and those damp eyes full of trust – Lily felt her heart melt all over again. She reached out and gently ruffled his hair, just like she used to when they were little.
“We’re-“
We’re siblings. We’ll always be together.
She almost said it. But then remembered James still mistakenly believed Jackson was her fianc?. Swallowing the words, she simply said, “We’ll definitely be together forever!”
Boyfriends and girlfiends could betray each other, could break up. Even husbands and wives could apart.
But family? They stayed.
“I’m so lucky to have you,” Jackson said.
He knew Lily only saw him as a brother.
But he didn’t want to be her brother. grow
Glancing at James again, this time with deliberate provocation, he added, “And I’ll always treat you well too.”
“All those years we were apart, I missed you so much. I’m just glad I found you again. With you by my side, I’ll never be alone again. I’ll be the happiest man alive.”
His words struck Lily hard. She couldn’t help but recall that sweet little boy who once clung to her and said:
“I want to be with you forever! You’re the best person in the whole wide world! I want to be family for life!”
The image of five-year-old Jack slowly overlapped with the young man in front of her. Their voices – soft, earnest, loyal blended into one.
–
It was as if she’d traveled sixteen years back in time.
Aside from the baby growing inside her, she had now regained one of the most precious people in her life.
Smiling through her tears, Lily said, “With you here, I’m the luckiest person in the world too.”
“Lily…” Jackson looked at her with glittering eyes, practically radiating joy – like a puppy thrilled just to be near her.
With Jackson, she was the happiest in the world…
James felt like he had turned to stone.
Ever since realizing how deeply he loved her, he had convinced himself that even if her heart belonged to Jackson, he was still her legal husband. He still had the right to fight for her. He believed that if he just refused to divorce her, refused to let go, he could keep her by his side.
But now, seeing her whole world light up for someone else… he finally understood.
Keeping her by force wouldn’t make her happy.
Only Jackson could bring out that kind of smile in her. That kind of warmth.
All his efforts, his persistence
– they only weighed her down.
And James couldn’t bear to see her in pain.
If setting her free was the only way she could be happy… then maybe it was time to do it.
He watched as Jackson clung to her arm and whined playfully, and Lily responded with nothing but love and affection.
With his heart weighed down by quiet sorrow, James stood up and walked away in silence.
A male nurse was assigned to care for Jackson at night, so Lily didn’t stay at the hospital overnight.
But as long as she had time during the day, she went to visit and care for him.
She also discreetly got a full check-up – all the results came back normal. The baby was healthy and developing well.
On Monday morning, after washing up, she was planning to head straight to the hospital.
She didn’t expect to see James standing in the hallway.
Maybe it was her imagination, but even though his face was still as perfect and refined as ever, there was something off – a faint trace of exhaustion in his expression.
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