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“With who? Your ex? A man who cheated on you isn’t worth your time. Don’t go back to him.”
Lily could feel the tension in his words.
Clearly, he was worried she might fall into the same pit again and end up heartbroken over a scumbag-
The warmth in her chest grew,
She didn’t want him to worry, so she quickly replied:
“Of course it’s not my ex! What do you think I am, a trash can? I don’t go picking up garbage. It’s someone my family is setting me up with. I’ll probably start going on blind dates soon.”
She couldn’t exactly tell James that he, her legal husband, was the one finding her dates. So “family” was the safest excuse.
Grace had told James to treat her as his little sister from now on, so calling him “family” wasn’t really a lie.
Knowing she wasn’t crawling back to her ex made James breathe a little easier,
But the idea of her going on dates with other men still gnawed at him-tight and bitter..
He wanted to say: Don’t ga
Leila, I like you.
I want to be with you.
But he still hadn’t officially divorced Lily. His deeply ingrained sense of honor wouldn’t allow him to confess his feelings before that paper was signed.
Soon.
Tomorrow, he would have the divorce certificate in hand.
Then, and only then, could he confess to Leila openly.
Since he couldn’t say what he really felt just yet, he had to find another way to keep her from dating anyone else.
“Most guys on the dating market are trash. Leila, don’t go on any blind dates.”
Leila…
Lily blinked.
She hadn’t expected James to call her by that name so… intimately. Her face turned red instantly.
Staring at those two tenderly typed characters on the screen, her mind wandered back to earlier that night -when he was disoriented, confused, and kept murmuring Leila.
James.
James.
Could it be… the “Leila “he called out-was hert
He’s James?
Almost instantly, Lily dismissed the thought as ridiculous.
James was so busy-his days were packed end to end.
What kind of billionaire CEO spent all day chatting on Instagram?
She couldn’t seriously be mixing up James, the man next to her, with James, the multibillionaire heartthrob…
I must be going crazy.
Still, she knew dating was a mess these days. She’d seen plenty of stories on social media about girls getting blindsided by awful men.
Guys offering a thousand dollars a month and expecting them to cook, clean, care for their bedridden mothers, and pay for the bills on top of it….
There were all kinds of people out there.
But she trusted that she wouldn’t run into anything like that.
James might dislike her, but he was a good person deep down.
He had promised Grace to find her a few decent candidates, Whoever he picked wouldn’t be some creepy weirdo or an eyesore that would make her question reality.
Still hugging her phone, she typed:
“My brother… He’s a good guy. The person he introduces me to will definitely be trustworthy James, once I’m in love, I’ll send you money!”
Back in the study, sitting by the window, James’s handsome face darkened like storm clouds.
He knew that once she started dating, she would probably refer to him-her ex-husband-as “big brother”
But right now, he absolutely hated that so-called big brother of hers.
Bringing in other men to steal his girl-how was he supposed to like him?
For the first time in his life, James desperately wished time would pass faster.
Faster. As fast as possible.
Let the next moment openly. be tomorrow, so he could finally get that divorce certificate and stand beside Leila
His fingers paused briefly over the screen. Face still dark, he typed:
“Don’t go on any blind dates tomorrow.”
“Of course not!”
On the luxurious, soft bed, Lily grinned as she tapped her response
My brother needs at least a few days to find someone. I won’t be going anywhere tomorrow!”
“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.
James, however, was clearly in a rush. He didn’t want to wait even a single extra second to finalize their separation.
By the time Lily opened her eyes the next morning, he was already dressed and sitting on the sofa, waiting.
It was just past six in the morning.
Even if they raced to the Civil Affairs Bureau now, the place wouldn’t be open yet-they’d still have to wait.
But his urgency to draw the line between them.. she understood it all too well.
So she quickly got up, freshened up as fast as she could, and got into his car,
Just as expected, when they arrived at the Bureau, the doors were still shut.
They ended up waiting almost an hour before the staff finally opened for the day.
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