Chapter 64 A Marriage He Never Chose
Nancy’s flawless, perfectly composed face was now tight with tension and anxious hope. James reall called you?” Nancy asked, her voice trembling.
Blanc, usually the calm and unshakable businessman, looked visibly rattled. His fingers were shaking, He turned a cold stare on Ivan. “If you’re messing with me, I swear, you’re gonna regret it
“I’m not!” Ivan looked downright offended, like he’d just been wrongly convicted of something. Dad I swear I’m telling the truth. Look–check the call log” He quickly handed over his phone. James really called me just now. But… I think there’s some kind of misunderstanding with Lily. He said she–he said she assaulted him. He told me to call the cops.”
“What did you just say?” Blanc snapped.
“That little brat is out of his damn mind–treating his wife like that? I’m going up there to knock some sense into him!” Henry growled, already on his feet.
At first, when they saw the call log on Ivan’s phone and realized James was really awake, Henry and the others were genuinely overjoyed.
But the second Ivan mentioned that James wanted Lily taken to the police… Henry’s expression turned to fury.
Grace didn’t believe in miracles. But she did believe in love–and presence. Maybe what James needed wasn’t another specialist. Maybe he needed something real. A steady voice. A warm presence. Someone who would talk to him like he was still there, who would treat him like a person, not a patient.
When Lily agreed to marry into the family–knowing James might never open his eyes–Grace took it as a sign. She didn’t say it out loud, but deep down, she hoped Lily’s kindness and quiet strength might reach him. And then he woke up. To Grace and Henry, that wasn’t luck or timing. It was Lily.
And now their ungrateful grandson had the nerve to treat her like a criminal? No chance they were letting that slide.
The four of them stormed upstairs, furious. Ivan hurried after them.
Down the hall, in the room, Lily had finally pulled herself together.
“I didn’t assault you,” she said, trying to sound calm, though her heart was racing. “I was just helping you clean up. That’s all.”
He cut her off with a cold laugh. “Oh,please,” he sneered. His voice was icy, his expression colder. “Don’t tell me my mom asked you to do it. She knows I don’t like being touched by women. She knows my boundaries. If anyone was supposed to help me, it would’ve been a male nurse or an assistant. So go -tell me. What else have you done to me while I was out?”
“I…” Lily’s lips parted, but she couldn’t even get the words out.
Because the truth was–his mom really had asked her to do it.
And now here he was, accusing her of crossing the line, threatening to have her arrested. It was like a nightmare.
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But she couldn’t even blame him.
Put yourself in her shoes–if she’d been in a coma for over four years and woke up to find some guy stripping her down, his hands all over her…
Yeah, she’d freak out too.
“I said,” came a voice from the hallway, “who are you accusing of assault? Who do you think you’re sending to the cops?”
Lily was racking her brain, trying to find the right words to clear up the misunderstanding, when Grace and the others stormed in, faces full of fury.
James had pushed himself upright on the edge of the bed, breathing hard.
The moment they saw his eyes open, Grace and the rest were instantly choked up with emotion.
But then they saw Lily, frozen and uncomfortable, standing stiffly at the foot of the bed. Grace’s eyes narrowed. She turned back to James, furious. “It was Nancy and I who asked Lily to wipe you down. Lily’s your wife–what’s wrong with her cleaning you up? You were a mess. Honestly, only someone as kind as Lily would’ve agreed to marry into the Luke family just to help you recover. She’s a great girl. You’d better treat her right and cherish her. If you ever hurt her, I’ll make sure your grandpa and your dad deal with you–and trust me, you won’t like it.”
James blinked, startled. “Did you just say… wife? Grandma… what are you talking about?”
He’d never been into women. Never cared. He thought he’d go his whole life without ever falling for anyone, and he was fine with that.
But three months before the accident, he’d met someone online. A girl named Leila.
She’d meant to add her senior on Instagram but typed the wrong username and accidentally messaged him instead.
And somehow… they just clicked. They talked about everything.
He couldn’t believe it either.
He’d been around all kinds of women growing up–smart, gorgeous, charming–but none of them ever meant anything to him. None of them made him feel the way she did. Leila was different.
He’d even started thinking maybe… maybe she was the one.
The day before the accident, he was planning to tell her how he felt.
Who would’ve thought a single car crash would put him in a coma for nearly four and a half years?
Now he was awake, and everything was wrong. He’d opened his eyes to a woman he didn’t recognize–a total stranger touching him. And now everyone was saying they were married?
His heart twisted with rage and confusion. He’d promised himself he’d stay loyal to Leila. He wasn’t supposed to be with anyone else.
He couldn’t take any of this!
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His eyes darkened, bloodshot with anger. Every part of him screamed rejection. “She’s not a maid? She’s the wife you picked out while I was unconscious? How could you do that? How could you marry me off to someone I don’t even know–someone I don’t love? I’m not agreeing to this. I want a divorce. Now,”
“You little bastard!” Henry’s voice thundered through the room, his chest heaving with rage. He cared about Lily. And there was no way in hell he was letting his eldest grandson divorce her.
