The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He (Lily and John) novel Chapter 188

Chapter 188 A Slap to the Face

Chapter 188 A Slap to the Face

Henry clutched his chest and let out exaggerated groans, all while sneaking glances at James to observe his reaction. James frowned.

He didn’t want to see Henry suffer a heart attack. And he certainly didn’t agree with what Simon had said. His voice came out cold. “Simon, shut your mouth. There are too many inconsistencies in this case. Lily may not be the one at fault. Until the facts are clear, you have no right to accuse her.”

Lowering his gaze, he caught sight of the red marks on Lily’s neck again.

For some reason, he really hated the color red today. Those marks made his chest tighten with irritation.

His tone grew even colder. “Simon shouldn’t have put his hands on you, Lily. Hit him back.”

Henry immediately stopped groaning, hiding a grin behind his hand.

Lily instinctively looked down at her own hands.

Simon was James‘ cousin. She genuinely hadn’t expected him to tell her to hit him.

James‘ sense of right and wrong was sharp. He stood by principle, not by blood.

She actually wanted to hit Simon.

But he was Nancy’s nephew, and Lily liked Nancy too much to feel comfortable raising a hand in front of her.

Nancy noticed her hesitation and gently encouraged her. “Simon was the one in the wrong. You should absolutely hit him back, Lily. Do it.”

Not just Simon–if any of her three sons ever raised their hands against a woman without cause, she’d insist the woman hit back even harder.

With Nancy’s approval, Lily had no reason to keep holding back.

Steadying herself, she walked right up to Simon and, without hesitation, slapped him hard across the face. “Lily!”

Simon’s face turned gray.

He never thought Lily would actually strike him in front of all these people.

And he certainly hadn’t expected James–who never even liked Lily–to be the one defending her.

Being told to take the hit by both his beloved aunt and his most admired cousin left him simmering with rage and frustration. He lost control of his mouth.

“You’re seriously letting Lily hit me? You don’t even like her! You were so desperate to get rid of her that you told her to go on a blind date–with me! And now you’re protecting her like this? Have you completely

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The entire room froze.

Grace had once jokingly told James to set Lily up with someone else–but she never thought he’d actually

do it.

Now she couldn’t believe her eldest grandson had really sent his own wife to meet other men.

Henry was instantly furious. He stopped pretending to have heart trouble and just shut down emotionally. Blanc and Nancy were both stunned.

Neither of them could believe their son had done something so absurd–setting up his own wife on a blind date.

They felt deeply guilty toward Lily.

The only one who wasn’t upset was John. The dark cloud hanging over him lifted, and the bitter jealousy in his heart began to ease.

So James was planning to divorce her after all.

Of course he was–he had someone he liked. Why would he ever allow his family to force him into marrying a woman he didn’t love?

Lily had probably only ended up marrying into the Luke family because James was in a coma at the time.

John had heard about James‘ engagement to Mathilda. The Ginger family probably didn’t want to sacrifice their biological daughter to a vegetable, so they forced Lily to take her place.

Lily must have agreed because she thought James would never wake up–and maybe to spite him, John.

She still cherished the silver bracelet he’d made for her. She still cared about what they buried beneath the silk tree. There was no way she’d stopped loving him so suddenly.

She was clearly just trying to make him jealous. Trying to force him to finally let go of Elsa.

The thought filled him with certainty.

She had gone too far this time. He wouldn’t make it easy for her anymore, wouldn’t offer her an easy out or beg her to come home.

He would wait. Wait for James to divorce her, for her to be kicked out of the Luke family, with nowhere to go–then she’d come back, begging his forgiveness.

“The doctor’s here!”

Ivan rushed in with several doctors, sensing the tension in the room the moment he stepped through the door.

But he didn’t dwell on it. He assumed everyone was just worried about Lily’s injuries and quickly urged the doctors, “Her wounds are bleeding again. Please, take care of them immediately!”

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