The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He (Lily and John) novel Chapter 617

Chapter 617 The Real Lizzy

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Back then, the boy couldn’t speak–Lily had asked the questions, and he had only nodded or shaken his head.

The weird cookie had been so awful, even worse than the meals they ate at the orphanage!

Remembering six–year–old Lily’s bright smile as she teased him, Jackson fell into the memory, unable to stop himself.

But Simon’s mind exploded at his words.

Lizzy had told him she hated weird cookies.

In the rubble, she had asked if he’d ever eaten one. When he nodded, she asked if he hated them too. He had nodded again.

As a child, during Christmas with the Luke and Bale families, Ivan had insisted on helping the cook bake cookies.

They had come out misshapen and stuffed with cumin and chili. Simon had taken one bite, and ever since, weird cookies had been his nightmare.

But not wanting to hurt Ivan’s young pride, he had never told anyone–not even his family- that it was the worst thing he had ever eaten.

The only time he had admitted it was when Lizzy had asked.

He had believed all these years that Elsa was his Lizzy.

But Elsa didn’t even remember this. How could Jackson possibly know?

Unless… unless…

Simon’s very soul ached. He clutched his chest, bending under the weight of the pain.

And then Jackson’s voice, heavy with grief and sarcasm, cut through the silence. “My sister told me. I was starving once, and when she roasted chestnuts for me, she mentioned that in the rubble she had shared chestnuts with the boy. She told me he said it was the best thing he had

ever eaten.”

Simon jolted as if struck by lightning. If not for his assistant supporting him, he would have collapsed.

It was true.

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In those two days under the rubble, Lily had given him two roasted chestnuts.

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She’d explained that just before the earthquake, she and her friends had roasted a whole batch.

Trapped beneath the ruins, he had been parched, starving, and in pain.

She had saved the water in her flask for him, giving him most of it so he could survive.

She had only three chestnuts left, yet she gave him two.

He had never liked roasted chestnuts before, but by the second day, those two chestnuts felt like the most precious food in the world.

She had laughed and asked him if they were delicious, if they were the best thing he had ever tasted.

And he had nodded.

“Elsa, if you’re really Lizzy, then tell us–how many chestnuts did you give Simon? Don’t tell me you conveniently forgot that too.”

“I…”

Elsa had no idea.

Her face blanched further as she stammered, “Maybe because of the fever… maybe my body was protecting me, so I forgot those details of the earthquake.”

“This pendant is still in my hand. I really am Lizzy, I—”

“How interesting.”

Jackson wiped his tears and gave a cold laugh. “You claim to be the one there, but you can’t recall a thing. Yet I know exactly what my sister said. Simon, she gave you two chestnuts.”

This time, Simon’s last thread of denial snapped.

No matter how much he didn’t want to believe it, he could no longer deny the truth–Elsa had deceived him.

He had been a fool, blind enough to believe her lies.

And he had to accept it now–Lily was the real Lizzy.

Jackson’s words cut deeper still. “My sister never owed you anything. She even shared life and death with you. But what did you do, Simon? Blind and foolish, you trusted Elsa just because of a pendant she stole. You treated her like treasure while you hurt Lily again and again. Even this

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