Actually, her whole plan was to use him to lure Lily Summer out, then find a way to leave them alone so Lily would think she was playing matchmaker—just a way to get closer to her.
James, of course, had no clue what was really going on in her head. He just thought this meant more alone time with Maria.
Naturally, he was all in. No hesitation.
He hit up Alex Summer right away. The two of them chatted on the phone for a bit and agreed on a general idea for collaboration.
In the end, they settled on meeting up at the Summer family home this Friday to iron out the details in person.
Maria agreed to the visit with a polite smile, but inside, she couldn’t help letting out a cold snort—Alex’s intentions were pretty obvious. He was clearly trying to set his sister up with James. W
