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She shoved him angrily, snapping, “There are so many bathrooms in this house-what, none of them work for you?”
“Why did you have to shower at Renee’s?”
“Is Renee’s bathroom that much better?”
“If you love staying at her place so much, if you love spending the night there, then just live there from now on! Why bother coming back at all?”
“Lily…”
James knew he had truly pushed her too far this time.
She was still thrashing in his arms, but he gave her no chance to escape.
Instead, he gently turned her body to face him.
Her strength was no match for his. She was forced to meet his eyes.
But full of humiliation and grief, she refused to look at him. Even facing him, she stubbornly turned her head aside.
Her eyes were red, her nose pink, tears still rolling down her cheeks. James’s chest ached so badly he could hardly breathe.
He brushed kisses over the tears at the corners of her eyes, but she shoved him away furiously.
“Don’t kiss me! James, get away from me! I don’t want to see you right now.”
“I want to see you.”
James held her tight, his voice firm. “We agreed to argue while holding each other.”
Lily, speechless, thought, Who agreed to that?
She didn’t want to argue in his arms. How was she supposed to argue properly like this? Being held ruined her rhythm, dulled her edge. No wonder she hadn’t been able to vent the way she’d planned.
“Lily, I didn’t peel apples for Renee.”
“Hmph!”
She turned her face away proudly, refusing to look at him.
She didn’t believe a word. The photo in Renee’s post had clearly shown his hand.
Lily believed in evidence. After a moment of silence, her face cold, she snapped, “Give me my phone.”
James obediently fetched it.
She quickly found Renee’s post, zoomed in on the photo, and thrust it before him. “Look carefully. Isn’t this your hand?”
One glance, and James knew-it was his hand.
He hadn’t expected that while he peeled an apple for Susan, someone would secretly take a photo.
Susan was his elder, she was ill, and when she said she wanted an apple, of course he hadn’t refused.
But Renee had twisted it.
To confirm, he grabbed his own phone and checked.
He and Renee were friends online, yet the post didn’t appear on his feed.
It was obvious-she had set the post to be visible only to Lily.
She had done it on purpose.
“Feeling guilty? Out of excuses?”
Lily kicked his shin lightly, scowling. “If you’ve got nothing to say, then let go of me!”
“I’m not guilty.”
James refused to let her misunderstand. He explained quickly, “Yes, last night I peeled an apple-but not for Renee. It was for Grace. And I didn’t shower at Renee’s. Around eight, I left Grace’s place. On the way back, I ran into Miye’s men. They’d even hired assassins. I worked with the police, helped capture many of them. That’s why I came home so late. My clothes were stained with blood. Before coming back, I showered at the hospital. As luck would have it, Renee must have spotted me outside the hospital. When I finished, I saw her in my ward. She must have answered when you called while I was in the shower. She said those things on purpose-to make you misunderstand, to slander me!”
He believed in honesty between them, and he didn’t want her carrying a single doubt. Remembering how she had even accused him of planting the wintersweet tree with Renee, he added, “I never planted that tree alone with Renee. That tree was Ivan’s idea when he was little. He was only six-completely clueless. He saw that Dad, Uncle, Grandpa, and Grandpa-in-law all had wives, and he said he wanted one too. He pointed at that tree and insisted it was his wife. I thought it was silly and didn’t want to help, but when we refused, he cried nonstop. Beating him didn’t help either. So Victor, Renee, and I had no choice but to help him plant it.”
Lily, stunned, thought, So that tree wasn’t James and Renee’s love token-it was Ivan’s “wife.”
She didn’t even know how to describe Ivan’s antics.
But when James mentioned assassins, when he said he’d been to the hospital, her worry instantly.
“James, why did you go to the hospital? Were you hurt?”
She urgently pulled at his clothes, trying to check,
“I’m fine.”
James caught her hand, trying to reassure her. “I was there for someone else.”
But Lily didn’t believe him.
She yanked his shirt harder-and then she smelled the faint trace of blood.
Her eyes dropped, and she saw the bandages across his chest. flared
The gauze was stained red, fresh blood seeping through.
The sight of it burned her eyes until they filled with tears.
A short while ago, hearing Renee’s voice on the phone had made her furious, miserable.
But now, she felt as if she had been unfair.
He treated her so well-how could she have doubted him?
Yes, there were men who ate from one bowl while staring at another, who betrayed loyal girlfriends for a shallow crush.
But not every man was fickle and faithless.
James was not John.
“Let’s go to the hospital!”
The sight of the blood seeping through his gauze made Lily ache with guilt. She thought of how she had struggled against his embrace earlier, surely tearing the wound open again. Her heart twisted even tighter.
“I’m fine.”
When James saw her tears slipping down once more, his chest throbbed with tenderness.
He gently pulled her into his arms, kissing the corners of her eyes with care and longing. “It’s just a shallow wound. The doctor said I’m strong and don’t need to stay in the hospital, as long as I change the dressing on time.”
That wasn’t exactly true.
The wound wasn’t deep, but it had required stitches.
The doctor had advised a hospital stay.
But he had missed her too much. He hadn’t wanted her to worry or panic, so he insisted on leaving.
The doctor could only warn him not to exert himself and to keep his wound dressed.
“Why didn’t you tell me you were hurt sooner?”
Lily’s fists clenched. She wanted to thump his chest, but the thought of hurting him again stopped her. Instead, she hugged him tightly.
“I’m sorry. You were injured, and I still picked a fight with you. I shouldn’t have doubted you, shouldn’t have been so harsh…”
James could never be angry at her.
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