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.

had always been magnanimous in most things, except when it concerned

Cecilia’s happiness, she didn’t dare to let go of things and let her daughter choose her

and reasonable.

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

honest, she didn’t like the man in the Cecilia’s photo. He looked so

Sue expressed her opinion, Cecilia got

so too quick to

perspective of the world, they were clearly a perfect match. How could her mother judge him as being petty simply based on

with a wave of her hands. She dialed the number of the

daughter’s blind date? He’s definitely not the man I introduced! What exactly

Cecilia was dumbfounded.

was highly respected in society because many well-known lecturers and professors in major universities

she wasn’t a real teacher, she spoke

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

Sue. Otherwise, she would

someone much more impolite was about to