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When she saw his hand move to his waist, Lily realized he had agreed to unbuckle it.

Not wanting to offend him any further, she quickly turned her face away.

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Once he’d unfastened it, everything became much easier–almost instantly, her hair came loose, and they were finally able to separate

“James, I’m really sorry. I didn’t mean for that to happen,” Lily said, quickly stepping back and apologizing again. “I didn’t mean to offend you. I’ll be more careful from now on. Don’t worry–until we get our marriage certificate, I absolutely won’t have any physical contact with you.”

“Mm”

She hadn’t done it on purpose, and although James was still uncomfortable, he wasn’t going to harp on it. He didn’t actually want any further involvement with Lily.

But he was eager for her to find a good match soon so that Grandma would convince Grandpa to approve their divorce. So he asked. “What did you think of Simon tonight? Are you open to pursuing something with him?”

Simon that weirdo.

She had never disliked anyone that much before!

But Simon was someone James had personally selected and kindly introduced her to. If she told the truth. it might come off like she was insulting his judgment.

She was genuinely grateful to the Luke family and didn’t want to make James look bad,

After a moment of thought, she answered tactfully, “He’s… okay. I just don’t know him that well yet

“Mm.”

James understood. It was their first time meeting, after all–being unfamiliar was normal.

would start dating someone else tomorrow so they could get their divorce underway, he wouldn’t force

decent, you two could try

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anything

backup plans. After a pause, he added,

with

taste and

after meeting Simon tonight, all

women really did have completely different

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more oddballs, it seemed safer to let him believe she

least he’d stop setting

course, she wouldn’t stand in the way of his future

month, she’d hire a college student to pose as her boyfriend -just to ease Grandpa and Grandma’s worries, get their blessing for the divorce, and give James the freedom he was so

need to meet anyone else,” she said quickly, worried he’d schedule another dinner with

thought Simon

soon as possible. Only then could they announce their divorce to the family and make a clean

she mentioned Simon–and thinking of

lack of

needed to crack open a window

Simon has good character. You can try things out with him,” he

remembered how Simon had left early tonight and Lily had been forcibly

is my phone number. Save it. If you ever