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But even with her back turned to him, he still found himself stirred.

He couldn’t keep lying to himself.

The reason he wanted to kiss her, to lose control again and again with her, wasn’t just because she looked like Le.

bIt /bbwas /bbecause he was a tickle, unfaithful bastard who had let two people into his heart.

He despised himself for bbeing /bso filthy. He told himself over and bover /bagain that he couldn’t be this shameless.

But whenever he was in front of Le or Lily, he simply couldn’t control the wild pounding in his chest.

James?

When he heard Lily call him again, he forcibly smothered his racing heartbeat and gave a t “Yeah.”

After a beat, he added coldly, “I’ll treat the wound real quick.”

Hearing that he was going to treat her injury, Lily tensed up a little..

He wasn’t a trained doctor, and her whole body already hurt like hell. She was afraid it might get worse if he touched her.

She wanted to ask him to be gentle.

But saying something like that felt ba /blittle too much like flirting, so she wisely decided to keep her mouth.

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Back when Wendy had someone ram her car on purpose, James had helped apply ointment while she was in the hospital.

It hadn’t hurt too bbadly/b.

She told herself not to be scared.

Since Lily bwasn’t /bspeaking, James didn’t waste words either.

After disinfecting the wound, he carefully applied ointment bacross /bthe scraped area.

As he worked, the pads of his fingers identally brushed the smooth skin beside the injury, sending a through bhis /bwhole body like he’d been shocked.

He almost couldn’t stop himself from lifting her up and bkissing /bher without brestraint/b.

But he bcouldn’t /bcross that line againb. /b

Last night, he’d already acted blike /bban /banimal, ignoring her tears and forcing himself on her again and

again

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It wasn’t until near bdawn /bthat he finally let her go.

No

He wasn’t beven /bfit to bepared to an animal.

No animal would torment someone like that all bnight /blong.

Someone like him didn’t deserve to bepared to any creature alive–there was no man or beast more disgusting than he was

Because he was worried about hurting her, he moved slowly as he applied the ointment.

Lilyy on the couch, feeling awkward as hell, and couldn’t help but shift slightly.

But the silky nket slipped downward with the movement

It was like a sudden snowfall–her wless skin zed into view, a bvast /bstretch of dazzling bwhite/b.

Her waist–to–hip ratio was jaw–dropping.

Utterly mesmerizing.

Last night, he had gripped that narrow waist….

And now, he wanted to again…..

James forced himself to look away, quickly finishing ihe /iointment before yanking his gaze back.

He gently pulled the nket bback /bup to bher /bwaist, then hurried to his feet, putting distance between them. “Lily, just rest here on the couch for a bit.

He nced at her clothes strewn across the floor and added, “I’ll have someone bring over a change of clothes. Once you’re bdressed/b, I’ll take you to the theater.”

“That’s not necessary.”

Lily bhad /bdriven herself overst night.

She bwas /babout to say it bwas /bno trouble–she could drive herself to the theaterter.

But he bmust /bhave been desperate to avoid staying in the same room with her, because before she could even finish, he’d already left the master bedroom with that chilly, keep–your–distante attitude of his,

She didn’t really want to trouble him to bring clothes for her either.

bSull /b

Lily looked at the mess of garments on the floor and decided to just bstay /bput on bthe /bcouch and wait. Her coat was still intact.

But everything underneath it waspletely bruined/b.

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She couldn’t bring herself to bwear /bany of it.

bAnd /bst night….

She couldn’t even bring herself to think about it.

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She could only pretend like nothing had happened, just like Henry and the bothers /bhad said–treat James like a big brother and bmove /bon….

James went straight to the bathroom in the adjacent room and took a cold shower.

Icy water poured down on him, offering a fleeting moment of rity, but it couldn’t douse the fire burning in his chest.

Whether he opened or closed his eyes, all he could see were shes ofst night–Lily straddling him helplessly, shaking: bher /btearful pleas; her soft cries of pain

Or the image of spring winds peeling away the veil from a mountain, revealing breathtaking scenery right before his eyes.

Those fevered, intoxicating scenes had practically be his demons

No matter how hard he fought them, he was trapped in a prison of his own making–dragged deeper and deeper into the abyss of desire for herb. /b

The cold shower didn’t help.

James stopped wasting water.

After drying off and dressing, he clenched his phone in his hand.

He couldn’t imagine there was anyone in the world more vile bthan /bhe was.

He instinctively wanted to send Le a message to say sorry.

But Le was already bmarried/b, and they had both agreed to delete each other and never cross bpaths /bbagain/b. He had also now be physically involved with Lily.

How could he have the nerve to disturb his Lillse again?