Maynard was taken aback at first by Jackielou’s unexpected proposal. Her offer was too tempting. He kind of liked being taken care of by the opposite s*x other than his mother and his sister, because none of his previous ex-girlfriends had actually tried to be very doting to him. So he was leaning towards agreeing. Anyway, Jackilou will already be leaving for the US soon. They could just be together for more or less a month. So he said, “Okay. But what will I tell people once you already leave me in March? I don’t want you to have that negative image again of discarding men when you don’t need them anymore.”
Jackielou responded, “You don’t have to tell everyone that I am your girlfriend. If people ask, then just tell them we are very good friends just hanging out. You don’t even have to t
