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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

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homes.

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

for the learning center she has been overseeing for the last decade,

while Amelie's brows

Emily finally asked on her behalf and Lizzy shrugged. "Does it matter?

frowned again. It did matter.

Samantha was about to

use for the welfare projects

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a moment," she

about to walk away when Liam grabbed her by the sleeve of her blouse, glancing somewhat nervously at her.

back down at him and took a

them as she talked to Samantha. This way, there would be witnesses to confirm

and

need some of you to hover over Samantha's

Lauren stood up right away and

juice while Richard was busy discussing something important with his assistant in

Blackwood? Ah, yes... It's Mrs. Clark now. May I have a word with

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loudly as she gasped for air. She motioned for Amelie to take a

offered five million dollars to Mrs. Westwood's learning center. I assume you are going to

that I am legally married to Richard, there is nothing yours that we