"It's not that," Lulu shook her head with a sigh.
"It's not that.
I'm just glad Patricia really likes you.
Otherwise, she might have given up waiting for you to make a move!" Ellar looked a bit downcast.
"I've tried my best.
1 have to consider Patricia's feelings too, not just rush things." He silently wished love wasn't so complicated, pondering the challenges of winning someone's heart.
Emma, picking up on the subtleties, asked, "Wait, have you two not officially dated yet?" She was surprised, having assumed their relationship was more developed.
realizing he'd let slip more than he
no choice," he tried to defend himself, mixing
Emma frowned.
no choice? Were you planning to keep up a pretense?" Ellar hurried to explain, "It all started
with her, I wouldn't have turned to Patricia
too, so she was really helping our whole family." The room went quiet at
visibly upset,
seemed relieved yet emotional, "I thought Doretta was genuine, and
wasn't actually betraying us." Dexter offered his support, "Everything's
troubled about it anymore." He understood the emotional toll the
could
a bit
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