Chapter 436 - 443 Sarah’s Comfort
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In the course of the entire day, Lucy Campbell didn’t try to persuade James Brown of anything, nor did she offer him any advice. James’s love life was such a mess now that even she felt a headache coming on. By staying neutral and not offering advice, she kept herself out of it temporarily. She didn’t want James to think, should they ever end up together, that she had meddled and destroyed his relationships with other women.
Lucy simply fulfilled her duties as a secretary—pouring him some water, discussing work topics, or casually chatting with him a bit to help him relax and not feel so overwhelmed.
At lunchtime, Gina Lopez didn’t show up at the cafeteria. When James called her, Gina just said she had eaten something in her office and didn’t feel like coming down. Though her tone didn’t sound angry, James could sense a certain distance between them.
Emily Berns’s bullishness hadn’t caused Gina to hold a grudge against James, but Emily’s grief was something Gina found unbearable.
James didn’t try to persuade her further. This was something Gina needed to work through on her own.
Sarah Utah, Sunny Nguyen, James, and Lucy were all eating at the same table. Sarah really wanted to ask James what was going on, but because Sunny was there and this wasn’t the right place to explain, she held back.
Sunny didn’t seem to notice anything was amiss. She had been busy all morning preparing this month’s financial report and was completely unaware of the storm brewing around James. Recently, she hadn’t been flirting with him much, either. Even though Gina had once given her permission, Sunny was a woman who understood boundaries. Since she and Gina were close friends and James was now Gina’s husband, she restrained herself for the sake of their friendship and to avoid making things difficult for James in the future.
Having been through one failed marriage already, Sunny had much stronger self-control compared to Sarah. She understood that love wasn’t everything; what truly validated a relationship between a man and a woman was marriage. Only if a couple could be happy together after marriage would it count as real love. Otherwise, it was just an emotional game.
James could sense the change in Sunny, and he knew she was doing the right thing. Maintaining a friendship like this was probably the best outcome for both of them.