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.

always been magnanimous in most things,

didn’t dare to let go of things

sensible and reasonable. Thus, she never suspected that Sue would lie

to Cecilia, her face turning cold. “What’s with that café? They have such good reviews, but they managed

didn’t like the man in the Cecilia’s photo. He looked so petty, and had a dark,

expressed her opinion, Cecilia

quick to judge!”

him; in terms of their opinions and perspective of the world, they were clearly a perfect match.

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

is my daughter’s blind date? He’s definitely not the

Cecilia was dumbfounded.

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

she spoke

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

Sue. Otherwise, she would be reprimanded for

Cecilia, someone much more impolite was