Lily and James (werewolf novel) novel Chapter 206

Chapter 0206

(Lily POV)

James took my hand and silently led me to the couch. He then sat down and pulled me onto his lap. I

buried my face in his chest, and he nuzzled his chin in my hair.

“Are you okay?” he asked me.

I nodded. “Yeah. It just sucks. I never meant to hurt him.”

James did not say anything, so then I added: “I am sorry that you had to hear all of that. That must have

been uncomfortable for you.

“No, you were right. I never would have agreed to leave you two alone. And if you had actually tried to talk

to him via mind-link, I would have interrupted every few seconds. As it was, it took all my willpower not to

storm in and put an end to Brady yelling at you. You did not deserve his guilt trip.

“I sort-of did though. I led him on. Not on purpose, but I did,”

“Do not blame yourself, Lily,” James said in a determined voice. “Brady saw what he wanted to see. That

was on him, not on you.”

I reached for James’ hand and intertwined our fingers together..

“Thank you.”

For a minute, neither of us said anything else.

After a while, I looked up at him, and he seemed to be lost in thought. I realized that something was bothering him.

“Are you okay?” I asked him.

“Yes. I am here with you,” he responded simply.

“The apartment looks beautiful,” 1 commented after another couple minutes of silence, hoping to get things back on track.

“I wanted tonight to be special.”

I reached up and stroked his cheek. “It still will be.”

James did not say anything. Instead, he went back to whatever thoughts were churning around his head.

“How did you do it, Lily?” James finally asked me. There was a surprising amount of somberness in his

“How did I do what?”

“How did you forgive and forget so easily? Brady was right about how much I hurt you. He was also right about how little time has passed. How did you do it?”

1 got off James’ lap and sat on my knees so that I could look him directly in the eyes. I saw fear, shame,