She cast him a long look. “You can’t date anyone while you’re pretending to be dating me.”
“I feel uncomfortable leaving you alone at night, anyway.” He sighed. He hated lying. His father had been the consummate liar. He’d used lies to control, manipulate, humiliate, belittle and bully everyone from his employees to his own children. If there was one thing Seth had vowed never to do, it was lie.
But this was a worthy cause, an unusual situation. Harper, a widow with a baby, needed time to get herself settled before she told her mom she was broke and it was Clark’s fault.
Plus, her mom hadn’t appeared on the radar of Seth’s life before this. He didn’t think she’d start now. Unlike his father’s master manipulation lies, this little charade wouldn’t hurt anyone.
“Needing to get out of this mess will step up your job search a bit and we might have to start looking for houses before you have a job...but I think I did what I had to do.”
“You’re willing to pretend to be my boyfriend for at least the next four weeks?”
The ramifications of that rained down on him. No breakfasts, lunches or dinners with any women except colleagues...and no sex.
She shook her head. “That’s a long time.”
Yeah, that was sinking in and not pleasantly.
“And my mother is relentless. You’re a catch. She’s going to want me to keep you.”
That, thank God, made him laugh. “My reputation will save us. When we break up no one will be surprised.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yes. You’re taking this all too seriously. It’s a few weeks. What can she possibly do in a few weeks?”
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