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“James!!”
Iran across the street like a madwoman.
Because the impact of the truck was too great, the surrounding area was a mess, and many innocent bystanders were injured, with screams rising and falling.
“Oh my God, didn’t you see? A young man was hit directly!”
Hearing this, my heart sank heavily, and my steps became extremely heavy.
Tears fell uncontrollably.
Just as I was about to faint, I fell into a warm embrace.
“Lily, I’m fine.”
It was James!
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I hugged him tightly in fear, my whole body trembling uncontrollably, choking with sobs: “Thank goodness you’re okay, thank goodness…”
“But I got a minor injury.”
“What!?”
As I forcibly dragged James to the hospital to bandage his arm, we happened to see Olivia being taken away by the police. She was still
smiling at us.
It scared me so much that I broke out in a cold sweat.
James held me tight: “Don’t be afraid, she’s been taken away by the police. She won’t harm anyone anymore.”
Soon after, Mrs. Sullivan rushed over after hearing the news, and the first thing she did was scold me.
“James, haven’t you learned your lesson from this bloody incident? I will never agree to you two being together, unless I’m dead!”
“I agree to James being with Lily.”
The person speaking was James’s father.
I widened my eyes in disbelief: “So you are…”
“That’s right, I’m James’s father.”
He turned to Mrs. Sullivan: “Haven’t you always wanted to thank the person who saved me during the car accident? It was Lily.”
Everyone present was shocked.
Especially Mrs. Sullivan: “You, you’re saying it was her…”
“Yes, if it wasn’t for her calling the ambulance in time and helping me stop the bleeding, I don’t know how long I would have had to wait. I might have died from blood loss.”
James’s father was full of gratitude towards me.
“Mom, if it wasn’t for Lily warning me that Olivia wanted to kill me, perhaps that truck would have hit me directly just now,” James said.
Mrs. Sullivan was silent for a long time. When she spoke again, her attitude towards me had changed a lot, though she was still a bit awkward.
“I’m sorry…”
After saying this, she turned and left.
James’s father hurried after her.
Only James and I were left in the ward. I looked at the bandage on his arm, my eyes reddening: “Does it hurt? If I…
“Lily, if it wasn’t for you, I might have died today.”
James hugged me, gently wiping away my tears: “The facts prove that all these bad things were man–made.”
Indeed, after learning the truth, the sense of guilt in my heart disappeared.
“Let’s be good from now on.”
James lowered his head and placed a kiss on my forehead: “We will be good.”
I nestled quietly in James’s arms, looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, as if I saw my dad smiling at me.
Dad, was it you who brought James back to me? To protect me in your place.
