The Stand-In Transaction​

Summary

Before graduation, Holden Blackwood, the heir to a fortune, got brutally dumped by the most popular girl in school.

I was gnawing on a dry bagel, sidling up to him as he stared blankly out the window, his textbooks forgotten.

"You know," I said, "I kind of look like her. Why don't you go for me instead?"

He was silent for a long moment, then he handed me the single perfect rose he’d been about to give her.

I accepted my role with zero guilt, milking it for all it was worth. A million dollars a month, I demanded.

He didn't argue. He sent two.