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Even if he loved Elsa more, after four years together, shouldn’t he know what kind of person I was?
Shouldn’t he trust me, just a little?
Was it really that easy for him to condemn her?
“I didn’t do anything wrong. I won’t apologize to Elsa.”
Lily hated being falsely accused. Even as the cold in her chest turned to ice, she still stood up for herself.
“If someone’s word is all it takes to convict a person, then what if I say Elsa’s a murderer? Should we send her to jail? I didn’t do this. I’m not admitting to it. Call the police if you want. If they find me guilty, fine- but they’ll need evidence. Elsa’s lies don’t count.”
“John… I didn’t lie…”
Elsa’s voice trembled, her eyes red.
A proud, dazzling rose now looked soft and wounded. It only made her more lovable.
John’s patience with Lily had completely run out.
He pulled out the pendant and held it up like a weapon.
“Apologize to Elsa, or you’ll never see this again.”
Lily’s gaze dropped to the pendant.
It had been handmade by her parents, after studying with a master craftsman.
Delicate gold filigree, encircling a fine piece of Hetian jade-one of a kind.
Just seeing it brought back memories.
Four years ago, when John was cast out by the Jones family after the accident, his father’s illegitimate son had tried to kill him.
That snowy night, Lily had shielded him with her own body, taking two stab wounds before the police arrived.
That night, her pendant had been stolen by those hired thugs.
She’d lost it while saving his life.
Even if he didn’t love her.
Even if his heart belonged to Elsa.
Once he recovered it, he should’ve returned it to her.
Not used it as leverage to hurt her.
“John, don’t be so hard on Lily.”
Elsa cast Lily a smug glance, then pretended to smooth things over. “I don’t care about the past.”
“Why not have Lily drink a glass of wine? Let’s just call it even and move on.”
Hearing this, John frowned slightly.
But unable to say no to the sickly Elsa, he gave a cold nod.
Lily kept telling herself-this man wasn’t worth her tears.
But when she saw him nod, her eyes still turned red.
He knew she couldn’t drink.
Her stomach’s not great; she once had bleeding from drinking too much. The doctor had warned her never to drink again.
John had held her, eyes full of guilt, promising to get stronger, to protect her, to never let her suffer again.
But now, for Elsa, he made her suffer over and over.
“I’ll drink.”
She didn’t explain.
Explaining to someone who didn’t believe her was pointless.
All she wanted was to get the pendant back and leave.
She looked at the rows of hard liquor on the table and gave a bitter smile.
“If I drink all of these, will you give it back?”
John’s eyes darkened like a gathering storm.
For some reason, Lily’s smile stabbed at him.
She seemed so far away now.
But he still believed-Lily could never truly leave him.
Elsa was dying. Even if Lily had just sent thugs to get the pendant and not to hurt Elsa, the scare alone was enough. He wouldn’t let Elsa suffer in her final days.
His voice turned cold. “Drink.”
Lily exhaled slowly.
So he meant it. Drink it all, and he’d return the pendant.
They were all hard liquors.
Her eyelids twitched.
But she didn’t back down.
She grabbed a bottle and began to chug.
It burned all the way down.
Like fire searing her mouth, her throat, her heart.
So this was what it felt like-to love the wrong person.
Like being skinned alive, crushed to ash.
So she had to stop loving John. She had to move on.
“Enough!”
Seeing her flushed face, her swaying body, the way she reached for another bottle, John couldn’t bear it anymore.
He snatched the bottle from her and smashed it on the floor.
“Take your pendant and get out!”
“John…”
Elsa hated anyone taking what she wanted.
Lily had taken John while she was abroad-she wouldn’t let her get away with it again.
She knew that pendant was too important to Lily. She couldn’t let her have it.
As John reached to hand it over, Elsa grabbed it first and threw herself into his arms.
“My stomach… it hurts so much… John, am I dying? It hurts…”
As she sobbed, she even spat out a bit of blood.
“Elsa!”
Panicked, John scooped her into his arms and rushed out of the room.
Hold on, Elsa. I won’t let anything happen to you!”
“John-!”
Lily staggered forward, desperate to get the pendant.
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