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Chapter 826 Holding Hands

Chapter 326 Holding Hands

Lily barely knew Jackson. Honestly, it felt incredibly awkward pretending to be a couple in front of the elders.

And when she caught James staring coldly at her hand, she felt even more uncomfortable-she had no idea where

to put her hands or feet.

Then suddenly, it hit her.

His face looks awful... could it be he thinks Jackson and I aren't acting couple-y enough?

Is he staring at my hand because he wantsto hold Jackson's?

| wasn’t exactly a social butterfly. Holding hands with someone | barely knew? Not my thing.

Besides, when | had hired Jackson to act with me, | only mentioned faking a relationship-not actual physical

contact.

Jackson was supposed to be this pure-hearted, broke college guy. He probably didn’t wanttouching him like

that either.

If | grabbed his hand now, wouldn't that be super inappropriate?

It would makelook creepy and gross, like ssleazy woman trying to take advantage of him.

But James's expression just kept getting darker and darker...

Clearly, he was stressed that we weren't selling the “loving couple” act well enough-and it might ruin his chance

at getting free.

Even though she really didn’t want to make Jackson uncomfortable, she forced herself to move. Her pinky

trembled slightly before she finally grabbed his hand.

Whatever. Worst case, I'll just give Jackson extra money later as compensation.

Jackson, who had been chatting politely with Grace, went completely still.

He couldn’t believe it.

The girl | dreamed about is actually... holding my hand?

There was a bouquet of red roses sitting on the dining room windowsill.

It was like the bright red petals were reflecting off his ears, flushing his whole face. The warmth traveled quickly

up to his cheeks, and suddenly he couldn’t breathe evenly anymore.

Even if it was all just for show-even if she was acting-just holding her hand for the first twas enough to make

my heart race.

James's face turned even colder.

Jackson looked like a damn golden retriever getting praised by his owner. Just wag your tail already, why don’t

you?

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The way their hands were joined made James's eyes burn.

In fact, he had this sudden, almost irresistible urge to march over there and pry their hands apart

But we're getting divorced tomorrow. It'd be inappropriate.

So he forced the feeling down.

Grace and Nancy weren't blind. Of course they noticed Lily taking Jackson's hand.

They'd been around long enough to spot it instantly-Jackson was clearly over the moon. He was trying his best

not to show it, but it was written all over his face.

No doubt about it. That boy liked Lily a lot.

But Lily’s hand-holding looked stiff as a board. It was obvious she and Jackson weren't close.

She only held his hand because James had basically threatened her with his eyes.

Grace and Nancy exchanged a glance. Years of being in-laws meant they instantly knew what the other was

thinking.

They both realized Lily didn’t actually like Jackson that way. Most likely, James had forced her into this weird

setup. And Lily, being kind-hearted and loyal, was doing her best to help him get the divorce he wanted.

That punk seriously needed a beating.

Grace's hands clenched into fists.

Nancy was grinding her teeth in frustration.

But they both knew-if they exposed all this, Lily would be embarrassed.

They didn’t want her to keep getting pushed around like this. Didn't want her faking affection with sguy she

barely knew.

So they silently agreed-might as well approve the divorce.

They had originally planned to visit the Scott family and talk with Hannah about Jackson and Lily's marriage

arrangements.

They'd wanted to make it clear that

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But now that they saw Lily clearly had no real interest in Jackson, there was no point in arranging any formal

talks.

“Um... Lily...”

Jackson stood there frozen for a long time, like his soul had momentarily left his body before finally floating back

in.

He reined in his usual cocky attitude and looked up at her like a happy puppy. His bright eyes sparkled 3

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and he seemed ridiculously obedient.

He was breathing so hard from

excitement that fp dos visibly rose

a d felled help himself he

ay squeezed Lily's hand in return.

Lily stiffened again.

Awkward.

She really wanted to pull her hand

away, but doing that would just make

it obvious that she 30d Jackson

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So she forced herself to let him hold on.

Still, feeling Jackson actually cooperate a little was a bit of a relief.

At least | hadn't offended him. He was clearly willing to commit to the role-for the paycheck, anyway.

I'll give him an extra 1,400 dollars.

“Mr. Henry, Madam Grace, Mr. Branc, Madam Nancy... Jackson and | are doing well together. Please just agree to

let James and | get divorced.”