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My Wife 370

    But then Lily remembered – in James’s eyes, she and Jackson were deeply in love, an engaged couple. If she denied <b>it </b>outright, it might sound suspicious. So she muttered under her breath, “Jackson’s… pretty good–looking.”


    “Mm.”


    James felt his chest tighten with jealousy.


    He wanted to say that he had abs and muscles too if she liked that sort of thing, she could look at him, touch him.


    But before the words left his mouth, Lily had already backed away quickly and headed for the door.


    “James, I don’t feel sick or anything, no fever… Ah–ahchoo! I’m heading back to my room now. Bye!”


    With that, she shut the door firmly behind her. As if being in the same room as him was unbearable.


    James stood there, eyes dark as night, the pressure around him dropping dangerously low.


    He picked up his phone, already seeing a string of eager questions from forum users.


    “How’d the ‘injured seduction‘ n go? Did it work?”


    Daily check–in: did you lock it down yet?”


    James exhaled another wave of icy frustration and typed an honest reply: “Neither the body nor the wound trick worked. She wasn’t affected.”


    “Didn’t work?!”


    Instantly, more replies poured in.


    “Thatbo didn’t work?! You must be ugly ugly.”


    “Wait, no. You said before your looks and body were decent. If you’re not hideous, how could this have failed so hard?<b>” </b>


    C


    “Hold on. When you did the whole injury plus shirtless act, did you whimper?“<b>. </b>


    …Whimper?


    Whimper what<b>? </b>


    James frowned, confused.


    ???


    Before he could ask, more enthusiastic replies came in.


    “Just stating the facts – I <b>sessfully </b>became the main guy.”


    ?


    “Last time<b>, </b><b>I </b>cut my butt on purpose and made her put medicine on it. Iy on the bed, whimpered a little, wiggled around <b>– </b>she <b>felt </b>so bad for me. That night, she dumped her cheating boyfriend and made things


    official with me<b>.</b><b>” </b>


    ????


    James couldn’t even begin to rte.


    Cutting his lower back was already pushing his limits.


    And whimpering while wiggling? No chance.


    The cloud of frustration around him thickened. He looked like he was wrapped in a storm cloud.


    He had no idea how to “wiggle” or “whimper” convincingly.


    Thankfully, a kind soul chimed in with more guidance.


    More replies followed:


    “I’m à pro at whining and wiggling!”


    “Here’s what you do: show off your waist, chest, abs – then go all cute and clingy in front of her. She’ll melt on the spot.”


    “If you still don’t get it, search for videos of people acting clingy online.”


    “Watch and learn. Guarantee she’ll fall for you!”


    “Go now!”


    James had never acted cute in his life – let alone wiggled or flirted in front of a woman.


    But since they all mentioned that particr video, he opened a short video app and searched for it.


    The second the actress ying Diao Chan started whimpering, James’s lips twitched violently.


    He had to admit that kind of flirtation would definitely break his defenses if Lily used it on him.


    But the idea of him doing that?


    Nope. Just not possible.


    Still, the suggestions kept rolling in.


    Some told him to wear only shorts around her or nothing at all.


    –


    Some suggested pretending to be sick and clinging to her.


    One even said to get another woman to provoke Lily’s jealousy.


    Not a single n sounded sane.


    *


    L


    F


    EN


    Rubbing his temples, James finally decided to go with one rtively reasonable idea.


    <


    Stay present. Show up in her life constantly. Let her get used to his presence… until she couldn’t bear to be without him.


    Lily didn’t have a fever, but she kept sneezing. Her lower abdomen felt faintly sore too.


    Worried something might be wrong with her baby, she decided to go to the hospital for a proper check–up after breakfast.


    She was pretty well known now. Whenever she went out, she often bumped into fans.


    Given her current poprity, if anyone caught her going for a prenatal checkup, it would be all over the trending list.


    She didn’t feel ashamed about the baby. It was her own flesh and blood nothing to hide.


    —


    But she didn’t want to hog public attention, and more importantly, she didn’t want James finding out about the pregnancy and trying to force her to get rid of the child.


    So today, as a precaution, she left for the hospital fully disguised, hoping not to be recognized.


    Meanwhile, Elsa’s biological father, Jimmy, had returned.


    Upon learning that during his time away from the capital, Wendy had been arrested thanks to Lily, and his beloved daughter’s reputation was in tatters — not to mention that she had lost her fertility forever – Jimmy was furious.


    He vowed to make Lily pay.


    With deep underworld connections and a widework, it didn’t take long for him to find someone perfect for the job:


    A deranged, violent criminal with a certified mental disorder – a woman named Megan.


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