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“But I haven’t agreed to let you and Lily divorce just yet. Henry shot James an annoyed re and continued. “Didn’t you introduce Lily to someone before?”
“From now on, you’re Lily’s big brother. If you want me to agree to this divorce, you’ll need to find her a young man who meets her standards–and ours!”
Henry had seen the way Simon defended Elsa and absolutely didn’t want his eldest grandson setting Lily up with Simon again.
In his eyes, someone like Simon–half–blind to the difference between decent women and trash wasn’t worthy of Lily
Still<b>, </b>with Dennis, Zoey, and Jamie all present. he couldn’t just name Simon outright. So instead, he said, “Anyway, no shady types, no cheaters, no soft–headed pushovers, and definitely no one who can’t tell right from wrong. When Lily finds a guy she really likes and he’s a solid young man, I’ll agree to the divorce.”
For some <b>reason</b>, <b>James </b>didn’t feel too keen on helping Lily find some “ideal young man.”
But then he remembered she already had a fiance she truly connected with. So he replied coolly, “Okay.”
“Good. When Lily finds someone she’s into, you’ll have dinner with him. Help us feel him out. Ideally, bring him home for a meal so we can all take a look. <b>Make </b>sure he’s really right for her. In short, as her brother, it’s your duty to make sure Lily never gets hurt.”
The more Henry looked at James‘ t expression and deadpan tone, the more irritated he felt. After warning him a few more times, he waved him off–told him to go wherever he’d be least annoying.
After the birthday banquet, Lily rode home in James car.
There was no one else in the vehicle. Almost the moment she sat down, she heard James ask coldly, “When’s your old ssmate free? Let me know when he is–I’ll have dinner with him.”
Since he’d <b>promised </b>Grandpa he’d look after Lily like a real brother, he was going to take that role seriously–he’d make sure she never got burned by another jerk.
“Huh?”
Lily <b>hadn’t </b>expected James to suddenly ask <b>about </b>herpletely made–up old ssmate. She was so startled, she nearly jumped.
Before <b>she </b>could recover, James added, “It’s not <b>convenient</b>?”
“No, no, nol
There <b>was </b>no w
way she could say it wasn’t convenient.
After all, Henry had already made it clear–not only did James need to help vet the man, but the man would also have toe to the Luke family home for dinner.
She had toe up with <b>someone</b>,
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First thing tomorrow, she’d hire a decent college student to pretend to be her fiance. No matter what, she had to help James regain his freedom.
With her n in mind, she quickly said, “It’s just, he <b>has </b>a bit of social anxiety. I’m afraid having dinner with you might make him ufortable.”
She’s worried her fiance might feel ufortable… She really liked this man. James felt a sharp sting in his chest, as if something had pricked him–<b>and </b>a heavy pressure settled there. The feeling bothered him more <b>than </b>he cared to admit.
Just as he was about to shove <b>that </b>strange emotion aside, he heard her add, “Let <b>me </b>talk to him about it first. Once he agrees, we can set a date, does that work?”
James wasn’t in any rush. After all, there were still nearly two weeks left in the one–month cooling–off period for their divorce. He could wait
“Alright.”
He gave a brief, indifferent reply, then fell silent and focused on driving.
Now that Henry and the other elders had epted the idea of a divorce, there <b>was </b>no way they’d make Lily and James continue sharing a room. <b>Back </b>in her younger years, Nancy had desperately wanted a daughter <b>of </b>her <b>own</b>.
After giving birth to two sons in a row, she’d been <b>at </b>her wits end. A master once told her that preparing a little girl’s room in advance might help. So she had the biggest, brightest room on the second floor renovated into <b>a </b>princess–themed bedroom.
Unfortunately, baby number three had stille out a boy. But since the Luke family mansion had <b>more </b>rooms than they knew what to do with, <b>and </b>space was never an issue, Nancy had never bothered converting the princess room back to something more gender–neutral,
It had been vacant for years, kept spotless by the daily housekeeping staff–now it was the perfect ce for Lily to move into.
<b>Grace </b>and Nancy had long heard from the maids that most of James‘ belongings were kept in his study; the couple most likely hadn’t been sharing a bed.
That night, the two women helped Lily pack. Seeing there <b>was </b>only one pillow on the king–sized bed, they became even more convinced–these two had never actually shared <b>a </b>room. Their eldest son truly <b>couldn’t </b>ept women.
Still, it was for the best. With no romantic entanglements between them, they could be siblings without awkwardness. Nancy did feel a little disappointed to lose such a wonderful daughter–inw.
<b>But </b>gaining a thoughtful daughter and <b>one </b>day a son–inw wasn’t so bad either.
Lily quickly realized that since moving into the Luke residence, she suddenly had so many things.
Back when she left John’s residence, everything she owned hadn’t even filled a single suitcase.
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