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The rest of the car ride to the hotel went by in complete silence. Although neither Liam nor Amelie wanted that shirtless incident to affect their

relationship again, simply forgetting it and moving on seemed like a childish yet reasonable idea.

In the end, they decided to act like nothing happened,

and that worked.

As they arrived at the hotel, they noticed that Richard was standing in the lobby and greeting the guests together with his soon-to-be wife. Liam looked at Amelie with a somewhat worried expression on his handsome face but Amelie remained stoic.

"If you don't want to see him right now, we can just go through the restaurant's entrance," her husband made a considerate suggestion to which Amelie responded with a short sigh and a reserved smile. "It's alright. We will only come off as rude if we don't greet him personally. After all, we accepted his invitation, we shouldn't neglect the formalities."

Liam sighed as well. While he loved that his wife

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always knew how to look strong to others, he secretly wished she would still be mad at Richard so that he

wouldn't be alone in his resentment towards him.

The moment they entered the lobby, all eyes were fixed on them. Amelie had expected this much and thought she was prepared for that, but a slight feeling of discomfort still grazed her heart as she made her way closer to her ex-husband. Richard locked his dark brown eyes on hers and Amelie winced although just a split second later, her entire body felt unbelievably light-his glare evoked no emotion in her. She felt absolutely nothing.

"Good afternoon," he cleared his throat and forced his lips to form a smile. "I am glad you could make it. I hope the flight was not troublesome."

Amelie nodded and forced a polite smile too. "Thank you for inviting us, Mr. Clark, Congratulations on your wedding."

A brief frown appeared on Richard's face as he heard his ex-wife call him "Mr. Clark" in a cold, detached tone. Forcing another smile onto his lips, he shifted his eyes to Liam and Amelie smirked at his familiar ability 11:50

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to remain professional.

Samantha, however, had her emotions written all over her face. She kept her eyebrows pushed together the entire time while glaring at Amelie as if she were her mortal enemy.

Amelie couldn't help but feel strangely disappointed.

think

'Even after all this time, he still hasn't managed to teach her how to hold herself in public. And to that this woman is about to become the face of the Clark family...'

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the hotel room she had to share with

darkness but the bright lights of the street lamps were enough to unveil the beauty of such a carefully decorated place. Everything was ready for

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was the only one who got close to making it come true. Now,' she sighed and closed her eyes, letting the refreshingly

pants. and a plain white t-shirt. He swept a small white towel over his damp

like this, it's too cold," he murmured into her neck and Amelie winced from the tickling sensation made by his

with hers, "What about you? You will catch

pouted and

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arms even tighter around her waist. "Your warmth will protect

back inside the room, frowning playfully, "Get your hair blowdried and get some sleep. Even my friends noticed how tired you look, I want you to have proper rest before the wedding." The corners of Liam's lips dropped as he almost whimpered in disappointment. He obediently walked towards the bathroom and pulled out a hairdryer

cabinet next to the

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the time on the electric alarm clock on the bedstand next to it, and sighed. She was feeling a little restless still and decided that the only way she could calm down her

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sharing a room with Liam like this felt like they had

a pleasantly comfortable

the room to see

Richard.

his eyes, he was leaning over the bar, tapping his fingers on a half-empty glass

and Amelie realized it right away-he had already had more than just a few drinks in him and was about

which her heart still refused to dissolve, made her approach the bar and tap him on the shoulder. "Amelie?" The man widened his hazy eyes in shock but then

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seat on the barstool next to him and ran her

should be getting this drunk before

the bartender, asking for a glass of red wine for his new

remain seated on the stool. "Would you like to drink with me, Lily? You remember, don't

the stool next to him, diving her hands into the pockets in search of his cell phone. "Is the lock pattern still the same? I am going to send a text to your assistant and I suggest that you spend the night in his room instead

lock pattern on Richard's phone was still the

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instructing the bartender as she was about to leave, "Please make sure this man leaves the bar before someone sends an envoy

for a missing groom."

a grin and Amelie rushed to leave

her and now he is acting like he is being forced to do that. There are so many sides of