I hired a fake boyfriend for a Fourth of July party to face my ex—but what he did next shocked everyone and changed everything

This is interesting.”

“It’s old.”

Conversations thinned.

People pretended not to look while looking anyway.

Ryan walked toward us with Lucille beside him.

“Maggie,” he said.

His eyes slid over Daniel.

“And who’s this?”

Conversations thinned.

Daniel stepped forward calmly.

“Daniel. Maggie’s boyfriend.”

The word boyfriend seemed to hang between the patio stones continue reading …