Chapter 431 Letting Go


    Chapter 431 Letting Go


    The Scott family’s butler, seeing how urgently Jackson wanted tacos, personally drove over with a fresh batch.


    Inside the insted container, the tacos were still piping hot.


    After taking the food box, Jackson quickly ted some for Lily and added a small dish of refreshing pickles prepared by the Scott family chef.


    “You’re still standing here?”


    Once the tacos were ready, Jackson noticed James still rooted to the spot by the bed like a wooden post. His tone turned mocking.


    “What, you nning to cat the tacos I had the chef make just for Lily? Or maybe you want to watch me feed her? That’s a pretty special hobby you’ve got there.”


    “Jackson…”


    Lily knew Jackson didn’t have a good opinion of James.


    Just like when they were kids, he was overly protective, convinced that James had wronged her.


    She had told him more than once that James was a good man and had never truly hurt her, but Jackson still saw him as a cold, heartless scoundrel.


    She couldn’t change Jackson’s bias, but she also didn’t want him and James to get into a fight. She tugged at his sleeve again. “James has helped me many times…”


    “Hmph, and you’re taking James’s side?”


    Around others, Jackson could be perfectly mature. But in front of Lily, he liked to be childish, to act spoiled and vie for her attention. “You said I was the most important in your heart. Now you’re speaking for James…”


    If she remembered right, Jackson was twenty–one now.


    Twenty–one, not twelve. So why was he still acting like a kid?


    Still, he was her little brother, and she would always spoil him.


    Besides, James had already said he didn’t want to see her again. Their rtionship was long over, and even if she still liked him and couldn’t let go, she wasn’t going to upset her brother for his sake.


    So, despite feeling a bit exasperated at Jackson’s immaturity, she humored him just like she used to when they were young. “You’re important to me.”


    The moment she said it, Jackson’s face lit up with joy.


    He even cast James a smug look, like a little dog proudly guarding its bone.


    James pressed a pale hand to his chest.


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    But no matter how hard he pressed down, the ache and loneliness there only grew sharper.


    Seeing Lily and Jackson talking andughing together, looking so sweet and at case, while he stood there like an unnecessary, ringly out–of–ce lightbulb, he finally turned away, still clutching at the <b>pain </b>in his chest, and walked out into the cold.


    “Lily…”


    As James turned, Lily’s eyes reddened and followed his retreating back. Jackson saw it–saw that even after the divorce, she couldn’t let go of him.


    It left a sour taste in his heart.


    Since reuniting with her, he had done everything he could to pull her and James apart so he could take his ce.


    But seeing the sadness and longing in her eyes, he realized that more than wanting to take James’s ce, he wanted her to be happy.


    Swallowing the bitterness, he smiled brightly and asked, “You really like James, don’t you? I can tell he cares about you too. Have you thought about getting back together with him? Giving my little niece or nephew aplete family?”


    “He… he has someone he likes. He’s about to get married.”


    Lily’s hand brushed her stomach, her beautiful face shadowed with loss. “He doesn’t want the child I’m carrying. When I first got pregnant, I asked him what he’d do if he had a child. He said he’d get rid of it.”


    Jackson frowned.


    If Lily was carrying James’s child and he still wanted to get rid of it, then he really was the worst of the


    worst.


    But a man’s instinct told him James did care for her.


    Otherwise, James wouldn’t look at him with such hostility every single time.


    A thought struck him, and he said quickly, “Didn’t you say before that you couldn’t have kids? At the time, James didn’t know you were pregnant… Do you think maybe he thought your question was about another man’s child?”


    Lily froze.


    Back then, James and the others had indeed believed she was infertile.


    Could it really be that there had been a misunderstanding between them?


    But then she remembered what she had seen that morning–James holding that stunning, seductive


    woman.


    And when she’d asked if he was getting married soon, he had answered yes.


    Even if he wasn’t entirely against her having his child, it was true that he wanted to start a new life.


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    It was also true that he had said he didn’t want to see her again.


    And since she had promised not to bother him anymore… she wouldn’t intrude on his life.