Chapter 451 Breaking the Last Illusion
Chapter 451 Breaking the Last Illusion
The memory of those ting marks he’d seen before shed in John’s mind. The thought of James pressing her down when no one was watching, iming her without restraint, made the fire of jealousypletely devour his reason.
Suddenly, John swung his fist, aiming it squarely at James’s face.
“Let her go! I won’t allow you to touch my girlfriend”
James hadn’t expected John to appear out of nowhere,
A sh of lethal coldness shot through his eyes. Holding Lily tightly, <b>he </b>co punch with ease.
itly, dodging John’s
Lily hadn’t expected this either–she’d been about to grab a handful of James’s <b>abs</b>, <b>only </b>for John to show up and ruin the mood entirely.
Utterly infuriating.
And when she heard John call her his girlfriend, the disgust in her heart spiked.
Taking a deep breath, she snapped, John, are you out of your mind? I broke up with you a long time ago. Stop clinging to me and iming I’m your girlfriend. Your girlfriend is Elsa, and she’s the one you should be bothering. The two of you should lock yourselves together and stay <b>that </b>way–just don’t <be </b>out here making a scene and disgusting everyone else!”
“We didn’t break up<b>.</b>”
Looking at her nestled in James’s arms, trusting andfortable, John’s eyes turned red, almost bleeding. His already battered heart bled all over again..
He didn’t <b>throw </b>another <b>punch </b>at James. Instead<b>, </b>carrying his pain like a shroud, he stared at Lily with something close to desperation. A breakup takes two people to agree.. I don’t agree to breaking up. <b>Lily</b>. <b>you’re </b>still my girlfriend. I won’t hold the past against you or me you. Let’s just be good to each other from now on… Don’t let James touch you again. Come <b>back </b>to me, okay?”
“No.”
Lily crushed his delusion without hesitation. “I love James. He’s also the father of the baby I’m carrying. Why on earth would I leave him to go back <b>to </b>a filthy cucumber like you? John, my tastes aren’t that bad, <b>and </b>I <b>don’t </b>have a self–destructive streak.”
“My night with Elsa was just an ident… I won’t touch her again…”
John closed his eyes in pain.
When he opened them again, the anguish there was like a whirlpool from the depths of hell, threatening to pull the soul right out of anyone who met his gaze.
Pressing a trembling hand to his chest, he reached out to her. “Lily,e here. You’ve only known James for a few days. We’ve been together for over four years. I don’t believe <b>a </b><b>few </b>weeks with him can rece our years of life–and–death moments. When you found out there was a hospital abroad that could for my
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leg, you took on any work, no matter how exhausting, just to save up for the surgery. You even worked as a punching bag for spoiled brats to make fast cash and ended up with three broken ribs. When my father’s illegitimate son sent <b>people </b>to hurt me, you took two knives for me without hesitation. When someone set- our rented basement on fire, you risked your life to carry me out. You-
“Yes, I did work as a punching bag for rich jerks to save money for your surgery, and I did break three ribs
Lily’s coldugh cut him off. “I also took those <b>two </b>knives for you, and I was stupid enough to risk dying in a fire to carry you out. I’ve done a lot of stupid things for you. But, Jobrt, none of the stopped you from putting the wedding dress I made with my own hands on Els didn’t stop you from giving Elsa my
Fl I parents‘ keepsakes. And it didn’t stop you from standing me up again and again when we were supposed to get our marriage license. It didn’t stop you from secretly giving Elsa <b>a </b>wedd The pastn’t be undone. When I think of all the stupid things I did for you, I just feel sick. If harm my own body for you, and years ago when you tried to drown your into the freezing river.”
“Lily.
The color drained from John’s face.
de over, I’d never
ve pushed you straight
He had always believed that they’d been through too much together, bound so tightly by shared hardships <b>that </b>she could never truly forget or let <b>him </b>go.
He couldn’t ept that the memories he held as most precious and sweet were things she now found disgusting.
That she would even say she’d push him into an icy river…
Did she really not want him anymore?
How could she be so cruel, so heartless<b>? </b>
His hand brushed against the recording pen in his pocket, and it felt like finding onest lifeline.
Fumbling, he pulled it out and yed a recording.
“Lily will always love John, until death.”
“No matter how much <b>John </b><b>makes </b>me angry, I’ll never break up with him. As long as he says one sentence -Lily, let’s go <b>home</b>–I’ll go <b>back </b>to him.”
The recorder was filled with her old promises to him. Ten long minutes of her voice, dripping with love. spilled into the night air before finally fading into silence.
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