I slip my shoes on and open the front door, only to find Theo and Rupert walking up the sidewalk again.
Good God, what now?
Not wanting the other two to get involved, because clearly they’re of no help, I shut the door behind me and meet the British duo on the sidewalk leading up to the porch.
“I thought I sent you on your way.”
“Good to see you too, fiancée.” Theo smiles, and even though I can’t stand the name he just called me, that smile is far too charming. Does he practice in the mirror?
“What do you want?”
“I just thought that maybe we could sit down, get to know each other.”
“And why would I do that?” I ask.
“Because when I propose, you won’t feel like a stranger is proposing.”
I blink a few times and glance around the yard, looking for some sort of hidden camera situation, because this can’t be real life, right?
He actually thinks he’s going to propose?
And that there’s a chance I’ll say yes?
He might have a handsome face, but he has a screw loose, that’s for sure.
“You’re not proposing. This is not a thing that’s happening between us. I thought I made that clear when you barged into my house.”
“I’d hardly describe my entrance into your house as barging in. The door was open and I knocked, making myself known.”
“Classic case of using manners before entering,” Rupert says.
The sidekick thing is weird.
Like…why is Rupert here?
Moral support?
Best man?
Oh my God, did he think we were going to get married today and that’s why he brought him?
Maybe he has more than one screw loose.
“It doesn’t matter how you entered my house, what matters is that we established that I’m not interested in marriage, plain and simple.”
“But have you really thought about it?” Theo asks. “Because I could make your life easier.”
Wanting to see what kind of psychobabble he has up his sleeve, I cross my arms and say, “Oh yeah? What do you do for a living?”
“Uh…” He scratches the back of his neck. “Sort of in the, uh…how would you say it…”
“Family business,” Rupert says.
“Right, yeah. I’m in the family business.”
If that doesn’t say unemployed, I don’t know what does.
“Uh-huh. And what is this family business you speak of?”
