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.

in most things,

of things and

always been sensible and reasonable. Thus, she

that café? They have such good reviews, but they managed to

Cecilia’s photo. He looked so

Sue expressed her opinion, Cecilia

so too quick to

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

her hands. She dialed the number of the boss of the café, whom

to ask, who exactly is my daughter’s blind date? He’s definitely not the man I introduced! What exactly went

Cecilia was dumbfounded.

school, but she was highly respected in society because many well-known lecturers and professors in major

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

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

so, she didn’t interrupt Sue. Otherwise, she would

Sue or Cecilia, someone