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Her -believable”

I bitthat she’d be back

And she was an hour later

Only, I never expected what came out of her mouth to actually come out of her mouth

“I’ll do it…on one condition”Chapter 17You know you’re getting older when you walk past a bathrooo ahead and pee’

-Henley’s secret thoughts

Henley

My life had irrevocably changed, and I wasn’t even quite sure how the hell it’d happened One second, I was an employee of Rhys Rivera, and the next I was his fiancée

One oing to do after time came to an end and I had to find a job, and the next I was practically a kept woman

I was still in a state of shock

I ht that I’d never find someone

Who would want me?

I was slightly overweight I had long, bland, straight as a board, boring brown hair I had acne—and there was no way in hell he wasthe pimple on the end of my nose My boobies were literally the only asset that I had that was at least considered attractive Then there were my millions of freckles that covered the entire expanse of my exposed skin, and even some of the skin that wasn’t

I hadn’t thought the lanced at me twice—and he’d said that I was more than attractive Twice

In all honesty, it was all quite hard to believe

But…I couldn’t pass the deal up

I mean, who the hell wouldn’t want to be reat personality, he was hard working…and he cared

A ht because he didn’t

He didn’t care that I spoke funny He’d introduced me to all of his friends

I mean, really, the lie was perfect

I’d literally walked right into the part and hadn’t even realized it

I’d only had one stipulation for hio do before his appointment in an hour

“You have to make it look like we fell in love, so my mother doesn’t completely lose her shit”

We were going to play the part in front ofto have to act like the

“You ready?”

I looked up to find Rhys in the doorway looking at me

He’d co ready to head to my mother’s house for our monthly dinner

Rhys had gone , but this would be the first ti but professional