Chapter 1252

However, Stan noticed Rea blushing and moved his lips closer to her ear to tease her. "It's fine—I agreed to help anyway, so I'll help deceive them. That said, this isn't a permanent solution, since you can fool them once, but not all the time."

"Of course I know," Rea said, looking everywhere but Stan's face.

Still, she had already thought about that on her way to Stan.

She would first ask him to pretend to be her boyfriend to stop them from bugging her, and then tell them it was a long-distance relationship when Stan returned to Franconia.

That would keep her parents satisfied for a while, and she could use the time to find someone who suited her.

If she did, she could tell her parents she broke up with Stan and found a new lover.

At the very least, they would not be breathing down her neck about marriage.

"Don't worry. I'm in your hands."

"Hey, you said it, not me," Stan said, able to smell her nice perfume while his eyes stayed unwittingly fixed on her thin neck from up cl