The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He (Lily and John) novel Chapter 476

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“I had Ashton send something to your phone. I suggest you look at it first.”

James’s tone was flat, sharp as steel. “If you don’t believe it, you can find another doctor and have Elsa examined again.”

Simon’s mind spun in confusion, but he still unlocked his phone and opened WhatsApp. As he scrolled through the files Ashton had sent him, his frown deepened, his eyes widening with every second.

The evidence was damning.

There were bank transfer records showing Elsa paying her attending physician. A video of her instructing the doctor to falsely diagnose her with late–stage stomach cancer. Screenshots of her purchasing medicine that would induce vomiting blood, along with capsules filled with stored blood to enhance the illusion,

Piece by piece, the truth laid itself bare: Elsa had never been terminally ill. Her so–called sickness had been a performance all along,

Simon froze where he stood, as if lightning had struck

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him. Words like “shattered worldview” or “devastated” weren’t enough to describe the storm inside him.

The moment he opened the videos, Zoey and the others had heard Elsa’s voice conversing with the doctor as well. Their faces turned colder, their disdain for Simon

growing deeper.

Really—if this fool had even a tenth of James’s clarity and intelligence, he never would have been so easily fooled by a manipulative white lotus.

“How… how could this be?”

Simon’s voice was hollow, his face bloodless. He had wanted Lizzy–the Lizzy who once gave him warmth in their childhood–to live a long, blessed life. Because she told him she was dying, because he saw her vomit blood again and again, he had believed her time was short. Out of pity, he had done countless foolish things for her, crossed his own principles, all in her name.

Now, with the truth laid bare, there was no relief in finding she wasn’t sick–only crushing betrayal, humiliation, and despair.

Like a film in slow motion, he raised his head, the numbness and grief in his eyes settling on Elsa.

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“Lizzy… you don’t have late–stage stomach cancer. You have plenty of time. Why? Why lie to me? Say it! Why deceive me? Was it fun, watching me dance in circles for you? Watching me humiliate myself, breaking my principles, just to make you smile? Did it make you feel proud? Accomplished? Say it!”

“I…”

Elsa’s face drained of color, like flour dusted across a palette. She had been so sure her ruse was flawless, and yet James had still unearthed the truth.

James was terrifying. If it weren’t for Lily—if it weren’t for that shameless woman seducing him–he should have been Elsa’s ally, her protector.

It was all Lily’s fault!

But she couldn’t let that hatred slip now. If she spat her venom at Lily, Simon would only despise her more.

Her body trembling, she lowered her proud head and whispered pitifully, “Simon, I didn’t mean to. I loved John too much, I couldn’t let go, and when he broke his promise, when he stopped loving me, I panicked. I thought if he believed I was dying, he’d come back. I didn’t want to trick you… I don’t even like John anymore. I only want you, Simon. Haven’t you forgotten the times

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we went through life and death together as children? I know I was wrong. Please, don’t hate me. Don’t abandon me.”

Sixteen years ago, under the ruins, that memory of

clinging to each other for survival had been seared into Simon’s soul. Every word Lizzy whispered to him back then, every off–key song she sang to keep him alive, he still remembered.

But the woman before him was no longer the Lizzy of those days. Her shamelessness, her lies, her black–and- white reversals–all had gone far beyond what he could

excuse.

He couldn’t guard her as he once had.

And yet… that memory, that song in the dark, bound him still.

After a long silence, his voice came hoarse and low. “Lizzy… I’ll have someone take you to the hospital first.”

“Simon, you hate me now, don’t you? You don’t want to see me anymore, do you? I didn’t mean to lie, I had no choice…”

Her body ached all over, but Simon was her only lifeline left. She staggered to her feet, trying to throw herself into

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his arms, hoping her tears and her touch would soften him again.

But Simon, though his heart ached for her, had always recoiled from physical closeness with Elsa.

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