The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He (Lily and John) novel Chapter 675

The Broken–Hearted She and the Icy He

Chapter 675 The Rejected Apology

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The thought of how he had given her the antidote made Adeline unable to look directly at his strong, pale hands.

Seeing him standing by the window, seemingly lost in thought, Adeline felt too embarrassed to face him. She sat on the bed, head bowed like a chastised schoolgirl.

She spotted the phone she had left behind at the theater on the bedside table. She quickly picked it up and transferred twenty thousand yuan to him. She knew the Luke family was incredibly wealthy and he didn’t need her money, but her actions last night had probably traumatized him, and she felt obliged to compensate him.

When his phone chimed with the transfer notification, Victor slowly turned and looked at her.

Adeline’s posture was one of immediate apology. Before he could speak, she rushed to explain. “Victor, Norman forced me to drink wine last night. I was completely drunk and don’t remember what I did after we left the basement. My behavior when I drink is apparently awful. I was worried I might have offended you. This twenty thousand yuan is for your emotional distress.”

Victor frowned deeply. Me? Receiving emotional compensation from a woman? What does she think I am? A male escort paid twenty thousand a night?

He felt strangely offended. He unlocked his phone and coldly refunded the money. “It’s not necessary. You didn’t offend me last night. You don’t need to transfer any money.”

“Oh.” As if I didn’t offend him. Adeline mentally scoffed. She knew she hadn’t blacked out completely. But since he was denying it, clearly to avoid any further complication with her, she wouldn’t shamelessly bring up the details of the previous night.

Their meetings seemed to be perpetually awkward.

After her simple reply, the air settled into a strange silence. Adeline fidgeted, not knowing what to do with her hands. Just as she was about to say something trivial to break the tension, he spoke coolly.

“The senior you love doesn’t sound very reliable.” Victor knew she was deeply in love with him, and their relationship wasn’t close, so he shouldn’t interfere. But the usually rational and restrained man found he couldn’t think clearly around her. Even knowing it was inappropriate, he couldn’t help himself. “He slept with you, got you pregnant, and is now marrying someone else. He’s a scumbag.”

Adeline’s

eyes

widened in shock. Who criticizes himself?

Adeline didn’t remember much of what she’d said last night. In a dream, she might have

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Chapter 675 The Rejected Apology

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logically told him, You are the scumbag you’re describing. But in reality, knowing he was devoted to Marilyn, she didn’t have the courage.

Glancing at his long, slender fingers, her ears burned, and she turned her head away. “He… he’s not a scumbag.” That night, he had been drugged against his will. He had given her the antidote and saved her. He owed her nothing.

Seeing Adeline still defending the man who was abandoning her, Victor’s chest tightened even more uncomfortably. He knew arguing this was boring and immature, but for some reason, he couldn’t stand the idea of her pining over that heartless wretch.

He insisted with a rare stubbornness. “He fooled you with sweet talk, and now that you’re pregnant, he won’t take responsibility. He is not a good man.”

“Adeline, are you really planning to have that scumbag’s child?”

If he hadn’t gotten involved with Marilyn, and if he were worthy of Adeline, he would gladly help her raise the child. But he was tainted and unworthy.

He also knew that being a single mother was difficult. Carrying the baby to term and raising it alone would be incredibly hard. It was utterly unfair that she would bear the child of that horrible man while he married someone else.

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