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Lily was so anxious that her forehead was damp with sweat, yet she still couldn’t put any distance between

them.

It was already deep into the night.

She'd been through so much-tired, exhausted-and eventually, she just didn’t have the strength anymore. In the

end, she fell fast asleep in his arms...

It felt like he was hugging a fluffy cloud-soft, sweet, unbelievably comforting. James held this faintly fragrant

cloud in his arms and slept better than he had in years.

When he opened his eyes, it was already broad daylight.

Thanks to the two hangover candies he’d eaten, he wasn’t suffering from any headache or nausea.

Sunlight poured through the sheer curtains, spilling over him in waves of warmth and ease, wrapping him in a

gentle, drowsy bliss.

He let out a low, satisfied sigh-and then, like a reel of film unraveling at high speed, everything from the night

before rushed into his mind.

Last night, when he returned to his room... he thought he saw

He'd kissed her like a madman, bitten her, and his hands had-

But Leila didn’t live at the Luke family estate.

Leila.

And the way it had all felt... too real, too vivid to have been just a dream.

Then who exactly had he been holding last night?

That's when he realized something else wasn't right.

This wasn’t his bed in the study.

And why was there something so soft still pressed against him?

Had he lost it and grabbed skind of plush toy like a little kid? But plush toys didn’t have skin like this-

smooth, warm, silky soft. The more he thought, the worse the feeling got. His gaze dropped. Sure enough, the

person locked tightly in his arms... was Lily.

And then he saw her clearly.

The girl nestled against his chest, pale as snow, was completely bare-curled up against him like a peeled lychee.

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Her clothes weren't just missing.

They had been torn off last night-by him, in his drunken haze, mistaking her for Leila.

And his hand was still-

The sensation under his palm was unmistakably soft, and James’ fingers trembled violently. His entire body felt

scorched, like he'd been shoved into open flame.

He shoved her away with force.

“Lily, stay away from me!”

The words cout ice cold. But even as he said them, shand guilt surged in his chest, and he closed his

eyes in silent torment.

He hadn't blacked out. He remembered.

He remembered how she cried.

How she kept trying to tell him he had the wrong person.

How she’d struggled and tried to push him away.

But his strength was overwhelming-more so in that drunken state. She hadn’t stood a chance.

Everything that happened last night... was his fault. He had no right to blher, much less feel disgusted by

her.

Lily had wandered the city for hours last night before coming home. Then she’d fought to push him off for even

longer. Completely spent, she'd fallen asleep against him like the dead.

She only woke when she heard his voice.

And the moment she opened her eyes, everything from the night before-those wild, frenzied moments -came

crashing back.

She hadn't meant to cross a line.

But in the end, she had once again becsomeone he couldn't stand to look at.

“James, I'm sorry.”

Realizing she was almost completely exposed, she hurried to grab the blanket nearby and tightly wrapped it

around herself.

He didn’t say a word-just sat there, his face dark, his whole body radiating coldness.

She knew that likely meant he remembered everything. Remembered their bodies so close. And now, was so

repulsed, he probably doubted reality itself.

he

Like a child who'd done something wrong, Lily lowered her head, bit her lip, and quietly added, “I

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promised you that if it wasn’t necessary, | wouldn't appear in front of you again. Last night | didn’t mean to

touch you. | saw you drunk and barely able to stand, and | had shangover candies... | just wanted to give

you a couple. | didn’t think you'd grab my wrist and then...”

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“It’s not your fault.”

James hadn't expected Lily to apologize.

She was the one who'd been wronged last night.

There was no way he could accept her apology with any decency.

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But he'd never accepted that as an excuse.

Being drunk didn’t give a man the right to violate a woman.

Yet last night, he had-against her will-kissed her, held her down, torn her clothes... even touched her...

He only had eyes for Leila, but he’d completely lost control with Lily. He’d made her cry for so long.

He was worse than scum.

The more he thought about it, the more revolted he becwith himself.

And if he did something wrong, then he should take responsibility for it.

“Last night, | drank too much and did a lot of awful things to you. Lily, you should call the police.”

Lily had been bracing herself for his disgust-for the coldest, cruelést words he could throw at her,

She never imagined... he would tell her to call the police.

She would never do that.

He had saved her-more than once. She couldn't repay kindness with betrayal.

Besides, they weren't divorced yet.

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And to be honest... she wasn’t exactly the victim last night.

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