The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He (Lily and John) novel Chapter 294

r 294 Unbearable Acting

Chapter 294 Unbearable Acting

As he watched her figure gradually disappear into the distance, his thoughts drifted, and he couldn’t help but recall those three months at the orphanage when he was five and she was six–months where they relied on each other.

It was the most precious, warm memory of his life.

He remembered how, back when he was being bullied, the small girl who was even thinner than he was stood in front of him with the air of a sister, shielding him from harm. His rebellious eyes softened with warmth and nostalgia.

But it seemed like he was the only one still living in that memory. She had long since moved on.

“I’m your sister now. I’ll always protect you, and we’ll be together forever.”

“But only married couples can be together forever. Will you marry me when you grow up?”

“You’re so handsome–I definitely will! When I grow up, I’m going to be your bride!”

The innocent promises they made sixteen years ago still echoed in his ears. But she had already forgotten all about him.

After a long while, he let out a helpless and annoyed chuckle. “Liar”

Last night, Grace thought Lily hadn’t come home because rehearsal had run late.

With the new year approaching, Grace still hoped Lily would continue living with the Luke family.

After that car accident Wendy orchestrated, Grace constantly worried that something might happen to Lily on the road, even though the court had already sentenced Wendy to six years in prison.

By evening, she called James and asked him to pick Lily up from the theater after work.

James originally didn’t want to have more contact with Lily.

But for some reason, the moment he remembered what Jackson had said about “making it up tonight,” he still ended up driving to the theater.

When he arrived, Lily was rehearsing the scene where Cherry thanks her benefactor in prison.

The first two times, she bowed. The third time, she leapt through the air.

James watched as Lily sprang from the ground and slammed down hard again and again. His brow furrowed tighter and tighter.

He knew actors had their techniques for dramatic falls like that.

But even with technique, repeatedly landing that hard did real damage to the knees.

And last night, her knees were already bright red.

Chapter 294 Unbearable Acting

Doing a scene like that over and over–her knees must be killing her..

When rehearsal ended and she was still sitting on the ground gently rubbing her knees, he couldn’t help but step forward, intending to help her up.

Jie–jie, I’m here to pick you up!”

Before he even got to the stage, Jackson dashed over like a whirlwind, carrying a huge bouquet of blazing red roses. He helped her up from the ground.

The look in his eyes as he stared at her was even more fiery than the roses–so bright it practically scorched.

“You said you’d make it up to me tonight. I’ve got a surprise waiting for you in our wedding suite. I really miss you. Let’s go to our wedding suite tonight, and you can give me a big kis, okay!”

“Cough, cough-

Lily choked on her own saliva, coughing so hard her whole face turned red.

Wedding suite? How the hell did a poor college student like Jackson get a wedding suite?

Renting a place in the capital wasn’t cheap. No way he’d spend money just to rent a fake wedding suite for

a scene.

She was pretty sure everything she told him this morning had gone in one ear and out the other.

His acting was just as over–the–top as ever.

She caught sight of James standing cool and distant offstage, tall and impossibly composed. Clearly, Jackson was going all in because James had shown up.

With James standing right there, she couldn’t call him out for overacting, Face still red from coughing, she said, “Grandma called me earlier and asked me to go home tonight”

Jackson hadn’t expected to actually whisk Lily away tonight.

But he had to make James back off–get him to go sign the divorce papers and be done with it.

Man to man, he could tell James didn’t actually feel nothing for Lily.

So he had to lay it on thick–say all the sweet things, act spoiled and clingy, make it absolutely clear he and Lily were a couple. That was the only way he could rise to the top.

After throwing James a taunting glance, Jackson blinked his big, watery eyes and continued acting cute. “Okay, I won’t make things hard for you. But in the car, you’ve gotta give me some extra love.”

Lily was still coughing so badly she couldn even form a complete sentence.

Seriously, he was overdoing it so much, she had no idea how to even play along.

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