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.

most

didn’t dare to let go of things and let her daughter choose her own

her mother had always been sensible and reasonable. Thus, she

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

Cecilia’s photo. He looked so petty, and had a

her opinion,

too quick to judge!”

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

interfere with this,” Sue said with a wave of her hands. She dialed the number of the boss of the café, whom she previously contacted to register Cecilia for the

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

Cecilia was dumbfounded.

she was highly respected in society because many well-known lecturers and professors in major universities came from the Chimmery

teacher, she spoke

her mother was acting in her best interests, but she was a fully-grown adult. She had a good

interrupt Sue. Otherwise, she would

Cecilia, someone much