whapter 122 The Calm Before the Storm

Chapter 122 The Calm Before the Storm

“James, if you want my money, you might have to wait a while.”

Three to five days….

James still found her so–called brother extremely annoying

But the anxiety in his chest finally eased a little.

After all, tomorrow he would finally confess to her. He’d do everything he could to treat her right, make her feel something for him. And if that worked, she wouldn’t bother going on any more dates,

“James, my eyelids are getting heavy I’m going to bed now, Goodnight, we’ll talk tomorrow!”

Imagining her sleepy little face hugging her phone, dozing off mid–text, softened Jarnes’s expression completely. The harsh coldness faded, replaced by a quiet warmth.

“Mm. Goodnight.”

Tomorrow….

He had something very important to say to her.

He could only hope she would give him the chance–so from now on, they could walk through the together.

years

After what happened tonight–after offending James and seeing how deeply it disgusted him–Lily had been feeling painfully guilty.

But chatting with him lightened her mood more than she expected.

She took some cold medicine and, still feeling groggy, set her phone aside and fell into a deep sleep.

He didn’t want to wait even

opened her eyes the next morning, he was already dressed and sitting on the sofa,

was just past six in

to the Civil Affairs Bureau now, the place wouldn’t be open yet–they’d still

draw the line between them.. she understood it all

up as fast as she could, and

as expected, when they arrived at the Bureau, the

almost an hour before the staff finally opened for

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Before

many couples getting

couples?

were among the carliest to arrive, so they were

frosty–actually looked calm and pleasant for once as they

half years he’d been unconscious, a new regulation

the rare warmth on his face was crushed under a fresh

they’d have to return in one month to get the actual

was definitely not

he knew Lily wasn’t the kind of person to go back on her word. Since they had both signed the agreement, and the application was officially filed, there was no reason to

a divorce, hadn’t

utterly indifferent expression, she felt

consent, and now

didn’t want him to overthink it,

Nothing’s going to go wrong this month. We’ll get the certificate on time. Honestly, a month flies by–once the New Year’s over, it’ll already be here. And we’ve already filed and signed. It’s basically done. You don’t have to carry any guilt. You’re free to be

the line meant being

respond to that. Instead, his

you up for dinner

immediately understood–a blind

hadn’t expected him to move this fast.

was honestly kind of

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