Julian’s Stand-In Wife

He looked like a miser through and through.

Sue didn’t like him one bit.

“He is definitely not my ex-student!” she cried, aghast.

To make things clear, Sue called her ex-student to ask about his impression of Cecilia.

To her surprise…

“My apologies, Mrs. Chimmery. I didn’t manage to make it to the blind date because I was caught up with something. I’m still stuck in an academic conference right now. I wanted to call you after it ended, but I didn’t expect…”

Sue knew about the academic conference he was talking about. It was an international meeting that only people of relative academic accomplishments could attend.

No one could decide how long the meeting went on for. Everyone at the meeting worked in the same industry, and that was likely the reason that the meeting dragged on longer than expected.

“It’s not your fault,” Sue said understandingly. She didn’t tell him about Cecilia going for the blind date today, and hung up after some small talk.

been magnanimous in most

dare to let go of things and let her daughter

been sensible and reasonable. Thus, she never suspected that

ended the phone call and turned to Cecilia, her face turning cold. “What’s with that café? They have

Cecilia’s photo.

her opinion,

quick

opinions and perspective of the world, they were clearly a perfect match. How could her mother judge him

dialed the number of the boss of the

ask, who exactly is my daughter’s blind date? He’s definitely not the man I

Cecilia was dumbfounded.

in society because many well-known lecturers and professors in major universities came from the

wasn’t a real teacher, she spoke with the air of

in her best interests, but she was a fully-grown adult. She had a good time chatting with

didn’t interrupt Sue. Otherwise, she would be reprimanded

to either Sue or Cecilia, someone much more impolite was about to