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"Lily," Richard moved his hand closer to his ex-wife's but paused, unwilling to move it further.

Amelie ignored that name and silently brushed her index finger over the rim of the wine glass with a circular motion. Richard tried again, "Thank you for helping me last night. I must have caused you some trouble since you left so quickly. Or so I was told." "Richard," she finally shifted her eyes back to the man and frowned a little, "What is it that you want from me? Do you want to stay friends? Fine, I am able to do that. So please stop with this erratic behavior. You will only hurt yourself by acting this way." "Why did you help me last night?" The man raised his voice a little but then shrunk as his ex-wife shot him a warning glare. "You could have left me there and let me ruin this wedding myself by not showing up or showing up still drunk. If you had done this, you could have had your moment of victory over me. So then why? Because you think you can be my friend?"

He then leaned closer to Amelie and added, "Admit it,

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Lily. You still have feelings for me. We could have

found a way to work things out between the two of us. So why-"

"Are you being serious right now?" Amelie could no longer bite her tongue; this situation had turned into an emotional disaster. "You want to work things out? And what exactly does it mean for me? Do I have to be your mistress? Or do you just want to continue using me for your own benefit while Samantha will be the

one to take all the credit?"

""No, Amelie, I-"

She did not let him finish again as she rose from her seat and glared down at his pathetic face. "Yes, you're right-I do have feelings for you. I feel pity,

resentment, and disappointment. You deserve a woman like Samantha by your side. I'm glad you realized it first before I wasted any more of my time on you."

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the wedding banquet, it was decided to have a small celebratory brunch the day after, before the guests

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homes.

next to others and gestured for them to gather around, her lips stretched into a cunning grin. "That woman is

"Georgina Westwood is having a benefit next month to gather donations for the learning center she has been overseeing for the last decade, and guess what? That woman said

brows knitted

money?" Emily finally asked on her behalf and Lizzy shrugged. "Does it matter? She will probably take that money out

It did matter. Because

Samantha was about to waste

to use for the

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a moment," she stood up

by the sleeve of her blouse, glancing somewhat nervously at her. "What is it? Do you want

looked back down at him and took

idea to have some people around them as she talked to Samantha. This way, there would be witnesses to confirm that she never

she smiled at him and

some of you to hover

Both Elizabeth and Lauren stood up right away and Amelie nodded.

of fresh orange juice while Richard was busy discussing something

Mrs. Clark now. May I have a word

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She motioned for Amelie to

dollars to Mrs. Westwood's learning center. I assume you are going to use my money to

that