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, except when it

dare to let go of things and let her daughter choose her own

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

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

man in the Cecilia’s photo. He looked so petty, and had a dark, heavy

Sue expressed her

quick

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

She dialed the number of the boss of the café, whom she previously contacted to register

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

Cecilia was dumbfounded.

respected in society because many well-known lecturers and

she spoke with

she was a fully-grown adult. She

Sue. Otherwise, she

to either Sue or Cecilia, someone much more