"I—" Lily falters briefly then, looking away to try and gather her thoughts. She isn't ashamed of the ultimatum she'd given James, but she isn't sure how to word it so that it doesn't sound worse.

"I made him."

Plainly, and she follows it up with: "I made him promise to leave you alone before I would entertain the idea of spending any time with him."

So she'd bartered with herself, essentially, after they had stopped having contact. A more hands-off approach maybe, than before.

And James lied to her about it.

Cool.