Sam was certainly easily satisfied—Quinn just needed to throw him one candy, and he would be feeling the sweetness for the rest of life.
Nearby, Lindsay was smiling knowingly as they continued their happy chatter.
While she had been concerned about their marriage just now, it was now obvious that it was pointless.
"Sam, weren't you taking her for dinner?" Lindsay asked just then.
"Yeah."
"You should go now that you're done trying on your clothes," she said, stopping short of calling it a date.
Either way, she obviously wanted them to spend time alone and properly fix their marriage.
"What about you?" Quinn asked.
"Ryan's with me," Lindsay quickly said. "I just need him to stay with me, and I'll be moving around to make further arrangements for my husband. Don't mind me."
Ryan was clearly reluctant, but there was no way he could refuse after Lindsay said that much.
Quinn naturally did not refuse either. "I'm leaving my car keys, then—Sam and I will get changed now."
After they did, they left together, holding hands and without even glancing Ryan's way.
While Ryan glared viciously as they left, his spite hardly concealed, Lindsay suddenly called out to him, "Ryan."
Ryan promptly came to his senses and composed himself at that instant.
Even so, Lindsay continued, "I don't care how things were between you and Quinn back then, but it is reality that you missed out on each other. Things are going well for her and Sam now, so you should be giving them your blessing as the elder brother."
Ryan suddenly understood what Lindsay was getting at, but why should he?!
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