<b>Chapter </b><b>379 </b><b>A </b>Clean Break
Hearing <b>Ivan’s </b>voice trembling with <b>tears</b>, Lily couldn’t help but get misty<b>–</b>eyed too.
She <b>really </b>did love the Luke family.
And she hated the thought of leaving them.
If James hadn’t been so against her–if he’d just been willing to give the baby she was carrying a chance, if he hadn’t been <b>so </b>determined to get divorced–she never would have chosen to walk away.
But if he ever found out she was pregnant, he would get rid of the baby.
He couldn’t ept women.
Staying by his side would only make him hate her more.
She didn’t want to return kindness with resentment.
After a long silence, her eyes still red, she shook her head. “James and I aren’t right for each other.”
“Lily…”
James could tell she didn’t want to make things difficult for Ivan. Before his brother could say another word, he cut in coldly, “I was the one who insisted on the divorce.”
The truth was, he didn’t only like men.
He had just mistakenly thought Le was a man and assumed that meant he was into men.
But topletely kill off any hope his family had of pairing him up with Lily, he still said, “I like men. I can’t ept women. There’s no point in dragging this out and wasting Lily’s life. Lily, didn’t you say you wanted to travel? Go upstairs and pack–I’ll take you to the airport.”
“Oh, for god’s sake…”
That damn kid was saying he liked men again–couldn’t ept women again…
Henry clutched his chest in outrage and copsed onto the couch.
Grace was so mad she could barely breathe.
Seriously, her eldest grandson was handsome, upright, full of masculine charm–he didn’t look like he bent that way at all. How could he be so dead set on only being with men?
Two men cuddling and whispering sweet nothings to each other… what kind of nonsense was that?
Just imagining her grandson, freed from his marriage to Lily, throwing himself into the arms of some man out there–Grace <b>felt </b>like life had lost all meaning. She clutched her chest and flopped beside Henry, <b>half</b>–dead from frustration.
<b>After </b>hearing James’s deration, nc and Nancy were <b>so </b>angry they didn’t even want to speak.
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<b>They’d </b><b>just </b>started <b>to </b>let themselves <b>hope </b>their eldest <b>son </b>and Lily might have a happy future together.
But clearly, <b>that </b><b>was </b>just their wishful thinking.
James had bent so far that he was beyond saving. It looked like they were fated to end up with a son–inw instead <b>of </b>a daughter–inw.
The thought <b>that </b>James might bring a man home any day now–holding hands, kissing in front of them- left them both mentally exhausted andpletely drained.
Ivan still couldn’t ept reality.
He sniffled and asked James, “Can’t you just try to change and like women instead? I really don’t want a brother–inw…”
“Shut up.”
James had no intention of marrying a man either.
He was already in a bad mood from the divorce, and Ivan’s whining only made him more irritable. He shoved his brother’s hand away coldly and urged Lily again, “Go pack.”
Lily had wanted to say a proper goodbye to Grace and the others. She had so much left she wanted to tell them.
She hoped they would keep eating well, taking care of their health, and staying happy every day.
But it was obvious James didn’t want her staying in Luke’s house another minute. So she obediently went upstairs to pack.
“You little punk, you’re just-”
nc shot James a disgusted re.
He still had his slipper in hand.
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But just thinking about the possibility of a son–inw calling him “Dad” made him too angry to even muster the energy to hit his <i>son</i>.
“Forget it, let Lily go clear her head.”
Nancy exhaled deeply and finally decided to ept the truth. “If little James can’t ept women, then divorcing Lily is the right thing to do. We can’t guilt her into staying and letting some weirdò ruin her whole life.”
“Sigh.”
Grace and Henry heaved a heavy sigh together.
After that<b>, </b>they both gave a small nod, agreeing with their daughter–inw.
James didn’t want to hear any more sighing, and truthfully, he just wanted <i>to </i>see Lily a little longer. When she went to <b>her </b>room to pack, he followed her upstairs.
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Lily hadn’t expected him toe. Her heart skipped a beat.
<i>Clearly</i><i>, </i><i>he </i><i>was </i><i>here </i><i>to </i><i>make </i><i>sure </i><i>I </i><i>packed </i><i>quickly</i>.
<i>Was </i><i>he </i><i>really </i><i>that </i><i>eager </i><i>to </i><i>see </i>me <i>out </i><i>of </i><i>Luke’s </i><i>house</i><i>? </i>
She hadn’t nned on taking much. Seeing his cold, impassive stare–like he couldn’t wait for her to leave –made her even more reluctant to linger. She grabbed a few changes of clothes, stuffed them into her suitcase, and wheeled it downstairs.
“I booked an afternoon flight. Take care of yourselves… all of you.”