The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He (Lily and John) novel Chapter 5

Chapter 5 His Heart Raced–for Lily

After John carried Elsa out, his friends all rushed to the hospital after them, eager to show concern and help.

Soon, the luxurious private room was left with only Lily and Simon.

Simon was the only heir to the Bale family, one of Capital City’s top elite lineages.

He and John had grown up like brothers, thick as thieves.

abroad. When John was cast out of the Jones family, they lost touch. It wasn’t

He’d spent the past few years until Simon returned six months ago that he found out what had happened.

Unlike John’s other friends, who dismissed Lily because they sensed John didn’t care much for her, Simon disliked Lily for a different reason: he doted on Elsa, truly saw her as a little sister.

When he was ten, he went with his father on a charity trip to the countryside and got caught in a terrible earthquake. He and Elsa were trapped in the rubble together.

He had been gravely injured, unable even to speak. If not for Elsa comforting him and encouraging him the whole time, he wouldn’t have survived until rescue.

Elsa was smart, radiant, noble–Capital City’s proud and untouchable red rose. Lily, aside from a prettier face, had nothing to compare.

“Lily, you dared to send thugs to attack Lizzy? You deserve to die.”

Lily, still staring blankly in the direction John had gone, was stunned by Simon’s voice.

Lizzy?

Clearly, Simon meant Elsa.

Funny… her childhood nickname had also been Lizzy.

Only her now–deceased loved ones and the friend trapped with her in the rubble sixteen years ago had ever called her that.

But that friend had never spoken. She never even knew his name.

The pocket watch he gave her had been stolen years ago. There was no chance they’d ever meet again.

Simon looked at her bloodied face and felt even more disgusted. To him, John being with her was rock bottom.

His anger flared. Without thinking, he picked up a glass of liquor and threw it in her face.

“Touch Lizzy again, and I’ll make your life worse than death.”

“I didn’t hurt Elsa!”

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The wound on her forehead flared with pain.

The alcohol stung like acid, and her body trembled like a dead leaf in the wind.

But her defiance refused to break. She pulled herself to her feet and, with every bit of strength she had left, slapped Simon across the face.

“I’ll say it again–Elsa’s word alone doesn’t convict me!”

“Call the police if you want. Without real evidence, they can’t arrest me either.”

“And you? You have no right to throw anything at me.”

“Lily!”

Simon stood frozen for half a minute before his voice returned.

He was the Bale family’s heir, the golden boy of Capital City. People flattered and fawned over him. He couldn’t believe someone had just slapped him.

Especially a woman he despised.

If he weren’t the type to avoid hitting women, he would’ve snapped her neck on the spot.

Lily caught the murderous gleam in his eyes. Her eyelid twitched.

She could feel the danger.

But she didn’t regret the slap.

She stared at him with razor–sharp eyes, refusing to back down.

“You hit me first. That slap? You earned it.”

Simon was so furious, he actually laughed.

John really has no taste.

He grabbed another glass.

Lily looked scared, but still held herself tall.

Blood still dripped from her temple. Her pale face was a mess of red and pain.

But her eyes–those bright, almond–shaped eyes–blazed.

Even filled with anger, they sparkled with life.

Maybe it was the way her eyes caught the light, but Simon’s heart skipped a beat.

He couldn’t throw the glass.

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Still, Elsa had been wronged. He couldn’t just let it slide.

Instead, he smashed the glass at her feet. His voice was like a blade.

“Don’t go near John again.”

“Marrying John was Lizzy’s final wish. If you interfere again, I’ll make you regret ever being born.”

With that, he stormed out, slamming the door behind him.

“Freak.”

Lily muttered to herself.

Four years ago, it was Elsa who dumped John because he was paralyzed and broke.

It wasn’t until after their breakup that Lily took John in.

How was she the one interfering?

Not that it mattered anymore.

She and John were over.

These people no longer meant anything to her.

All she wanted… was her parents‘ keepsake.

The alcohol, the injury, the exhaustion–it all hit her. Her head felt unbearably heavy.

She couldn’t drive like this.

She slumped onto the couch, catching her breath for a long while, then ordered a car to the hospital to treat her injury.

The ER was crowded that night.

By the time she got stitched up, it was already deep into the night.

The doctor prescribed her two ointments and reminded her to apply them on time. The wound wasn’t deep, and with proper care, it wouldn’t scar.

As she walked out of the hospital, she noticed the snow had started falling.

Through the curtain of snow, she saw John walking with Elsa on his back, a picture–perfect scene right out of a romance drama.

Her eyes stung.

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