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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.

start dating someone else tomorrow

you think he’s decent, you two could try spending more time

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anything

pause, he added, “I

things don’t work out with Simon, you can meet

some faith in James’s taste and even a bit of hope

after meeting Simon tonight, all

really did have completely

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thought Simon was suitable, who knew what other weirdos he’d line

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more oddballs, it seemed safer to

at least he’d stop

wouldn’t stand in the way of his future

the 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

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

actually thought Simon was

certain he wanted Lily to start dating someone else as soon as possible. Only then could they announce their divorce to the family

when she mentioned Simon–and thinking of that showy, peacock–like display Simon had put on in the private room tonight–his chest started to feel

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open a

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about to head into the study when he suddenly remembered how Simon had left early tonight

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