What you can do here is instruct your L to slow this train down as long as possible. If and when your W asks her L on the status and "pushes" for D again, then you can tell your L to go ahead and finalize it.
I (or rather my L) delayed things for as long as almost 4 years. That is until Ms. Wonka pushed for it to be done then I finally said to myself, "okay...let's get it done with here."
