I’ll let you know.” “Great.” The woman stood. I have a few other people left to meet with before I decide. I’ll practice in my room.” My bedroom and my potential roommate’s bedroom shared a wall, so that was the end of interview number twelve. But you don’t practice at home, right? I wrote in my ad that I’m looking for a quiet roommate because I work nights.” “I do. Do you know the dimensions of the bedroom I’ll be sleeping in? I have two sets of drums I need to fit.” “Umm… I think it’s fourteen by fourteen. Just because she had a few safety pins in her eyebrow and what looked like a dog collar around her neck didn’t mean I should rule her out. This was the twelfth woman I’d interviewed as a prospective roommate. I bit my tongue and tried to keep an open mind. Lyric Chords was the name listed at the top. “I’m a musician.” I glanced down at the renter’s application in my hand. “So, what do you do for a living?” The woman drummed her fingers on her thigh. Sign up for Penelope & Vi’s mailing list to be the first one notified when NOT PRETENDING ANYMORE goes live! PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! Amazon Paperback | Audio Those feelings we were trying to fake? Yeah…I wasn’t pretending anymore. Now I was dating the supposed man of my dreams, and my best friend had the woman of his. To my utter shock, his crazy plan worked. I was hesitant, but went along with it anyway. Eventually, Declan concocted an idea: we should pretend to be a couple to make our love interests jealous. We even started to give each other advice on getting our crushes to notice us. After he moved in, the two of us became the best of friends. So it wasn’t like anything would happen romantically. It wasn’t like I had another viable candidate anyway. Then cupcakes showed up at my door-freshly baked by Declan and just as sinfully delicious as he was. While he was amusing and charismatic, I wouldn’t have been comfortable living with a man, so I regretfully declined. Declan Tate talked me into interviewing him anyway. I’d definitely requested the big guy find me a drop-dead gorgeous man on more than one occasion…just not as my roommate.

Until a knock at my door came and God answered my prayers. Those feelings we were trying to fake? Yeah…I wasn’t pretending anymore.įinding a good roommate through a classified ad isn’t as easy as it sounds. NOT PRETENDING ANYMORE, an all new fake relationship contemporary romance from New York Times Bestselling Authors, Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland, is coming April 12th, and I’ve got an excerpt to share with you today!

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