The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He (Lily and John) novel Chapter 212

Chapter 212 Payback’s Just Getting Started.

Chapter 2

12 Payback’s Just Getting Started

Earlier, when James publicly stood up for Lily, it gave Nancy a glimmer of hope.

She’d always feared her cold, stoic eldest son might end up bringing home an equally cold and distant wife. Naturally, she hoped he and Lily would live in harmony. Catching Ivan’s eye, she gave him a quick signal, and the two quietly slipped out of the room to avoid causing any distractions.

Soon, the hospital room was quiet, with only Lily and James remaining.

Lily understood perfectly–when he had just called her his wife in front of John, it was only because she’d agreed to help convince Henry to approve their divorce. He didn’t want to owe her a favor, so he’d stepped in on her behalf. She wasn’t delusional; she knew better than to read too much into it.

Seeing him standing coolly off to the side, she quickly said, “James, don’t worry. I know what you said. carlier was just out of obligation, nothing more. I won’t take it the wrong way.

“Mm

James really didn’t want her to misunderstand.

But strangely, now that she said she wouldn’t read into it, his chest felt strangely tight.

He didn’t like this feeling–this loss of control over his own thoughts–so he coldly shifted the topic. “That old classmate of yours… What kind of guy is he? How are things progressing between you two?”

What?

Ihy was he bringing up that imaginary classmate again?

He still didn’t know the “old classmate was something she’d made up on the spot. There was no such person- so of course, there was no progress to speak of.

—

But if she told him the truth, he might worry she was planning to cling to him, which could ruin his mood and delay the divorce. After a moment’s thought, she decided to lie with a straight face.

“He’s… a good guy,” she said softly.

“Really good. I really like him. If I could marry him, that would be even better.”

James started to seriously wonder if something was wrong with his heart lately,

Earlier, when she said she wouldn’t’overthink things, it made him feel suffocated. Now, hearing her say she liked someone else, the tightness in his chest hadn’t gone away.

He pressed a hand to his chest discreetly and said, cold as ever

“That’s great.”

“I’ve already prepared a wedding gift. Once you two get married, I’ll have Ashton deliver it.”

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Just Getting Started

Lily didn’t actually want to accept any money from him.

But it felt awkward to reject it outright, so she simply offered a polite, “Thank you.”

That “thank you” made his chest tighten even more….

“B*tch!”

Wendy had just been drenched in buckets of filth.

The story of Lily’s supposed drunk driving had exploded online. People were furious. Drunk driving was a public enemy–countless netizens had vented their outrage, condemning Lily as a heartless monster.

But then, overnight, everything changed.

When the video revealing Wendy’s plot went viral the next morning, public anger doubled. People felt tricked, deceived. And all that fury now turned toward Wendy.

Some extreme netizens had camped out near her apartment complex and, without warning, dumped two full buckets of human waste all over her.

Wendy had taken several showers, gagged and vomited more than once, brushed her teeth over and over again. But no matter that she did, every breath she took reeked of rot. Her skin stank so badly she was going mad.

By the time Elsa rushed over, Wendy had already scrubbed herself raw with body wash again and again. She was nearly tearing the skin off her body, but she still couldn’t stand the stench.

“Mom, are you okay?”

When Wendy finally emerged from the bathroom, Elsa hurried over to check on her.

“It’s all that little slut Lily’s fault! If she hadn’t recorded that damned video, I wouldn’t have been humiliated like this! I won’t forgive her!”

As soon as Wendy opened her mouth, a wave of putrid stench hit Elsa square in the face, making her gag on the spot.

She had to fight the urge to throw up for a while before she could speak.

Holding her nose, she growled through clenched teeth, “Lily really is filthy and vile! She’s still pushing and pushing, trying to send you to jail–she’s completely heartless!”

“I can’t go to prison! I absolutely can’t!”

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