The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He

Chapter 455 Rain and Roses at the Gate

John, you weirdo-can’t you stop being such a constant, vile nuisance?

Take your roses and get lost. Don’t dirty the road outsitle the villa,

It's raining-why can’t a downpour just finish off a filthy cucumber like you?

Lily had thought of countless ways to curse John out.

She really believed she’d be able to unleash them this time

- Colos

But just as she opened her mouth, James's hands suddenly tightened. Si the words out, producing only strange,

muffled sounds..

helplessly, unable to get

“Mmph..”

“Lily”

Outside the villa gates, John’s face turned ashen, like it had been smeared with a layer of cold dust.

His voice cracked in pain, as though it had been ground beneath a car tire. “What are you doing? What is James

doing to you?”

Now Lily understood perfectly-James was doing it on purpose!

Realizing she couldn’t get a single proper insult out, she refused to waste another second listening to John’s

nonsense. She hung up immediately and blocked the number.

“Lily1”

Staring at the black screen of his phone, John was on the verge of collapsing into madness.

He stabbed at the doorbell over and over, like a desperate beast ramming itself against a cage, as if he could

smash the gate open with sheer flesh and bone.

No one answered.

In fact, James must have set it up so that when John pressed the bell again, it didn’t even make a sound.

Thinking about the breathless noises he’d heard from Lily on the phone, John felt like a thousand knives were

stabbing straight into his chest. Ile bent forward sharply, gasping.

“Don’t let James touch you... don’t let him touch you...”

His voice grew hoarser and more ragged with each repetition, but he still shouted, “James, | forbid you to touch

her! Don’t touch her. Lily, I'm not lying, it’s really raining! I'm getting soaked out here..”

The only answer was the sound of the rain, falling heavier and heavier, each drop striking his skin with a sting-

The roses in his arms were already battered and torn apart by the wind and rain, petals scattered like blood on

the wet ground..

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Chapter 455 Rain and Roses at the Gate

But he clung to them stubbornly, straightening his back as if possessed, calling Lily’s nagain and again.

He knew Lily was utterly disappointed in him-knew she didn’t want him anymore.

But he still refused to believe that all their years together meant less than the few short months she’d spent with

James.

He refused to believe that the woman who had once loved him wholly, who had once seen no one else. could see

him drenched to the bone and feel nothing-not a flicker of concern.

“Lily, you said you'd never leaveyou can’t go back on your word | w you, shouldn't have doubted you. I'll

kneel right here and beg you, just de

Clutching the ruined roses tighter, he sank to his knees in the storm.

John had been to rock bottom before.

ng. | shouldn't have hurt

alone.”

Even in his hardest, most bitter moments, he had clung to his pride, unwilling to bow to anyone.

He was used to Lily being the one to soften after a fight, to coax him back to her.

But now he had a deep, gnawing certainty-if he kept hiding behind that so-called pride, if he didn’t bow his head

to her, she really would be gone for good.

And in every path he had imagined for his future, she had always been there beside him. He couldn’t bear the

thought of her walking away from his life.

“Lily, I'm begging you, just look atone more time. Don’t throwaway..”

The wind and rain roared louder, and with the windows shut tight, Lily couldn't hear a word.

Even if she had, she wouldn't have cared-wouldn’t have felt the slightest pang of sympathy. At most, she'd have

been disgusted.

When James finally released her, she

was as soft and unsteady as water,

her clothes in complete disarFgyn

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her Helicate waist and graceful frame

yielding against the bed. Her pale

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The sight made James's throat go dry all over again.

Afraid that his self-control might snap and he'd lose all restraint, he forced himself to tear his gaze away.

He'd thought about helping her bathe.

But he knew all too well—if he carried

her into that bathroom, there would

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Even without looking back at the exquisite vision on the bed, just hearing the faint rhythm of her breathing kept

the heat rising under his skin.

He didn’t dare linger another second. With long, decisive strides, he left the room almost like a man fleeing a

fire.

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Chapter 455 Rain and Roses at the Gate

That kiss just now had been far too long-far too consuming-

And those hands of his, for all their long-fingered elegance and cool composure, had been anything but

restrained.

Even though she was pregnant and

he'd been careful not to WE fan

she stil felt pe trough she been

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