No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 141



At dusk, I waited at a quaint little café downtown.

While I was on my second cup of coffee, my date from the blind setup finally showed up. The guy wasn't overweight or balding, and his crisp, sky- blue shirt was neither wrinkled nor greasy. He matched his profile to a T.

I didn't get catfished, but his being late knocked a few points off his first impression. Not that it mattered much. I wasn't looking to date him. I only needed a stand-in boyfriend to get my nosy coworker, Conrad, off my back.

"Sorry for being late," he apologized with polished manners.

"It's fine. I'm not here for a date. I'm looking to hire a boyfriend," I laid my cards out on the table.

He paused, shocked. "Hire a boyfriend?"

"Yes, I'm not interested in a real relationship right now, but I need a boyfriend to deal with a situation," I explained further.

He went silent, and I thought he might be offended, so I added, “I'll pay you."

he said with a gleam in his eye that I didn't quite appreciate. But, if

and cut to the chase. "We can settle the fee daily or monthly, whatever works for you. How much

question made it clear he was no stranger to this kind of deal. So, I

of

about physical contact? How do we handle that?" he

done this before. How do you usually handle

to date someone genuinely this time. Find a

he trying to up

your Ms. Right without any distractions," I offered him

happy with your proposal.

I

with one stone, solve your problem, and maybe find a quality boyfriend?" He

eerily similar

on board, I can find someone else," I dismissed the man, my

hint and

hiring me, it's nine hundred and ny-nine a day for the first seven days, no physical contact included. If it's over a week, we switch to a