Sealed with a kiss? How about a handshake instead. That’s how Lucy (Dakota Johnson) prefers to do business when it comes to matters of the heart, whether breaking up or making up.
As a professional matchmaker, she approaches every potential connection as a deal to be made � people as balance sheets to be weighed, equations to be solved. If only the math were as simple as she believes it is.
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