Bouquet Of Balloons

“Really? A pretend girlfriend?”

She massaged her temples. “Mr. Grayson…”

“You’re kissing him now, so it’s Mr. Grayson.”

“I have to clear up the rumors, and the only way I can do that is to start up another!” she explained.

He bit down on his lips and shook his head, a small smile on his face. “So let me put this in context. You’re agreeing to date a man you've known for...two days…”

“Pretend date,” she cut in. “Only to stop the rumors. I don’t expect you to understand that. You’re not the one everyone is calling names,” she said in a sharp tone.

He clenched his jaw. “So the thought of being with me is so appalling, so much that you would enter a pretend relationship with a man you barely know just to quell it?”

Now that he said it like that, he put it in context for her. It was a stupid plan that made no sense, yet she was readily agreeing to it, and it wasn’t just because of the dumb rumors. She had lived through the rumors Luke spread after their breakup. If there was anything she k