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,

she didn’t dare to let go of things and let

sensible and reasonable. Thus,

Cecilia, her face turning cold. “What’s with that

like the man in the Cecilia’s photo. He looked so

her

you’re so too quick

of their opinions and perspective of the world, they were clearly a perfect match. How could

a wave of her hands. She dialed the number of the boss of the café, whom she previously contacted to register Cecilia for the

who exactly is my daughter’s blind date? He’s definitely not the man I introduced! What exactly went wrong with your processes? Shouldn’t

Cecilia was dumbfounded.

wasn’t currently teaching in any school, but she was highly respected in society because many well-known lecturers and professors in major universities came from the Chimmery

real teacher, she spoke with the

was a fully-grown adult. She had a good time chatting with Larry, and didn’t want things

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

or Cecilia, someone much more impolite was about to