She nodded encouragement as he offered a theory. "Or left them here for someone to find." She was clearly enjoying this sensational possibility.

"Well spotted!" At some point when she was younger she decided that men weren't as well versed in flower language as women and it remained one of the few things she hadn't questioned and put to some sort of test. "Which makes this yellow lily all the more perplexing. I wonder if they meant to use yellow acacia."

"'Gaiety' and 'secret love'." The translations came as an afterthought as she contemplated the possibilities. "Unless the yellow lily is there to mean 'falsehood'." Her face lit with the realization. "This is exactly why I don't like using yellow lily."

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