The Bachelor's Stand-In Wife
David Falcon dragged his hands down his face as a woman took a seat across the desk from him.
"Well?" she asked.
"What's to think about? I just interviewed my twelfth candidate in two days, and I finally realized I'm delusional to hope I can find someone who fits my needs." He tipped his chair back to look at Denise Watson, the efficient, thirtysomething director of At Your Service, a prestigious domestic-and-clerical-help agency nicknamed by many clients as "Wives for Hire." They were seated in her interview room.
"If you have to compromise on something, what would it be?" Denise asked.
He'd been doing a lot of compromising lately—for three years, in fact. He wasn't interested in more of the same. "I'm not giving up on the ideal yet. You've got other candidates, right?"
"One."
"That's all?"
"From my own staffing pool. As you pointed out, you have specific and complex needs. I'd be happy to advertise and screen them for you."
"What are your thoughts about the one remaining?"
She set a folder on the desk in front of him and smiled. "I've learned not to second-guess the client."
He half smiled in return. "Send her in, please." He ... read full excerpt from The Bachelor's Stand-In Wife ebook
