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Henry looked at her, guilt clouding his face, and said helplessly, “Lily, James has wronged you. From now on, you’re my granddaughter. Our entire Luke family will always have your back.”
Dennis nodded in agreement. His grandson was so f had no choice but to let him horrendously ugly sissy, with that face of his-and all that money-there were bound to be more wild and Lily divorce. Even if the boy had broken things off with that gone, there was no turning back. At this point, they men throwing themselves at him.
And if he ever went on another date with someone like that or, even worse, brought one home, it would be outright cruelty to Lily.
They couldn’t be heartless and let such a good girl waste her life on
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“But I haven’t agreed to let you and Lily divorce just yet. Henry shot James an annoyed glare 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, 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 reason, James 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. Make 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’ flat 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 classmate free? Let me know when he is-I’ll have dinner with him.”
Since he’d promised 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 hadn’t expected James to suddenly ask about her completely made-up old classmate. She was so startled, she nearly jumped.
Before she could recover, James added, “It’s not convenient?”
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There was 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 to come to the Luke family home for dinner.
She had to come up with someone,
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 plan in mind, she quickly said, “It’s just, he has a bit of social anxiety. I’m afraid having dinner with you might make him uncomfortable.”
She’s worried her fiance might feel uncomfortable… She really liked this man. James felt a sharp sting in his chest, as if something had pricked him-and a heavy pressure settled there. The feeling bothered him more than he cared to admit.
Just as he was about to shove that strange emotion aside, he heard her add, “Let me 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 accepted the idea of a divorce, there was no way they’d make Lily and James continue sharing a room. Back in her younger years, Nancy had desperately wanted a daughter of her own.
After giving birth to two sons in a row, she’d been at 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 a princess-themed bedroom.
Unfortunately, baby number three had still come out a boy. But since the Luke family mansion had more rooms than they knew what to do with, and 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 place for Lily to move into.
Grace 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 was only one pillow on the king-sized bed, they became even more convinced-these two had never actually shared a room. Their eldest son truly couldn’t accept 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-in-law.
But gaining a thoughtful daughter and one day a son-in-law 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.
But it had only been a little over two weeks since Lily moved into the Luke family estate, and already, the clothes Nancy and the others had gifted her completely filled the spacious walk-in closet. Shoes and bags piled up in abundance.
She had so many things that even with Grace, Nancy, and the villa’s maids helping her pack, it nearly three hours to get everything organized. By the end of it, Lily was so exhausted she didn’t even want to move her pinky.
Dragging her tired body into the shower, she finally collapsed onto the luxurious, delicately decorated pink princess bed-and quickly drifted into a deep sleep.
Maybe it was the warmth and beauty of the room, but her dreams that night were unusually sweet.
Clutching the soft silk quilt, she finally felt a sense of belonging.
From now on, she wasn’t James’ wife; she was Nancy’s daughter.
She really had a mom again. No matter how old you were, having a mother made everything feel complete, made life feel full of happiness.
When James returned from Blanc’s study to his bedroom, Lily had already moved all her belongings out. He didn’t own many clothes; after Lily moved in, he had only used the double-door section of the wardrobe in the walk-in closet. The rest of the space had been hers.
Now, when he went in to grab his pajamas, the rows and rows of her clothes were all gone.
The clear shoe cabinet stood completely empty.
The bags Nancy and Grace had given her-gone too.
Looking at the empty closet, James felt like something inside him had gone hollow.
He hated this feeling of emotions slipping out of his control. After grabbing his pajamas, he quickly headed to the bathroom to shower.
On the bathroom counter, only his toothbrush cup and men’s toiletries remained.
Before she moved in, this was all the space ever held.
But after getting used to seeing soft pinks and fresh greens among the black and gray, the sudden absence of any warmth left his chest strangely heavy.
After showering, as he passed by the big bed, his eyes instinctively swept across it-wondering if she had kicked the blanket off again so he could help cover her up.
The bed was empay.
He kept forgetting-she had moved next door into the princess room.
That’s right. She was no longer the wife the family had forced onto him. Even if their divorce papers weren’t finalized yet, they had all accepted that he was now just her brother.
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He couldn’t have any inappropriate thoughts about her. All he could do was protect her happiness, and. wish her and the man she loved a lifetime of joy.
And honestly, maybe that was for the best.
He and Lily had never been meant to cross that line.
By all logic, now that she had moved out, he should’ve slept in his big bedroom again.
But for some reason, he didn’t. Out of habit, he ended up in the study instead.
Lying in bed, staring at the cold white ceiling, his mind kept flashing with images-Lily’s radiant smile, then Leila’s ugly-ver-endearing face. must be losing it. He thought.
His heart felt like it had been split in two, half for Leila, half for Lily.
One minute he missed Lily, the next he was nearly going mad longing for Leila. The aching need and yearning overwhelmed him-nearly driving him insane.
Gripping his phone tightly, he tried to force himself not to think.
But when he glanced down, he realized that at some point, he had actually sent Leila a message.
Just two words.
“Lilise.”
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