Book Boyfriend (My Mother the Matchmaker #3) - Book Boyfriend
by Marc Lewis
I'm the best aunt in the world!
Mom, no! I told you not to try to find someone for Sarah.
You know, it'd be nice if someone respected me for my talents.
Mom, you're going to embarrass her.
Oh, hush. I don't have to take this. Sarah is much nicer to me when we text.
I'm texting her instead.
Who’s ready for a boyfriend??? 😍
Hi, Aunt Carol. Emma and Carrie warned me that you might text.
My amazing matchmaking skills are all the buzz!
Emma and Carrie seem happy with the guys you found for them, but…
Really, I’m not looking for a guy right now.
Oh, honey please. Every girl is ALWAYS looking for a guy right now.
Not me. I promise you, I’m not looking.
That’s why I’m here! To look FOR you!
And where are you exactly?
I know you like to read, so I’m at the bookstore!
That’s nice of you, but I’m just trying to focus on my career.
And I’m trying to work on my future career as a matchmaker.
Please don’t talk to any guys.
I’m already here…
Let’s just see what we can find!
Aunt Carol! I said no.
Ooooooh! Lookiee lookie Mr. Bookie over in the travel section.
Maybe he’d like to travel to Sarah-ville. Let’s go find out!
Please, let’s not.
A few minutes later…
How would you like to travel to Vietnam?
Is this a serious question?
VERY serious.
With you?
Don’t be silly. With Matthew.
Who’s Matthew? 🤷‍♀️
The hottie in the travel section. Keep up.
Matthew is super cute and is leaving on a three-month trip to Vietnam.
I could introduce you two. Maybe you’ll hit it off and you can go with him!
I don’t think so.
Although he’s leaving in two days so the timing might be a little tight.
That’s a shame.
I can give him your number for when he returns.
That’s okay.
Well, bon voyage, Matthew. Who else do we have in here?
We don’t really need anyone else.
Your mother told me that you haven’t had a boyfriend in two years.
TWO YEARS!
We’re finding someone else.
Has it really been that long?
It’s been that long.
I hooked up your cousins with some hot guys. Want me to keep looking for you?
Well, if you’re already there…
That’s what I wanted to hear! Let’s look around.
Oooooh, hello, Mr. Book Boyfriend.
Sarah, you have GOT to see this guy!
He should be on the cover of a romance novel.
I refuse to date a man with long hair.
Short hair, hard body…Sarah, you’re going to fall in love with him.
I’ll sneak a picture for you.
Please don’t take a picture!
Sarah receives a blurry picture of a green eye.
Va-va-va-vooooom! Right?
Aunt Carol, that’s your eye.
Oh, I had the setting on backward 🤦‍♀️
Why do they make these camera phones so darn complicated?
Probably to stop aunts from embarrassing their favorite nieces.
Well then, mission accomplished!
Not really…
Don’t be rude.
Keep it up and I won’t talk to Mr. Book Boyfriend for you.
Really??? 😁
No. I’m talking to him.
A few minutes later…
Ready for the scoop-da-loop?
I’m not sure…
His name is Dylan and he’s a writer for a men’s magazine. JQ or something…
GQ? Really?!?
No, I’m pretty sure it was JQ.
What book was he buying?
Of Rats and Men or something boring like that. He seems decent besides his horrible taste in books.
Of Mice and Men??? I LOVE John Steinbeck.
Oh right, I forgot you’re a famous book editor now 🤓
Is he single?
Not for long! I’ll go tell him all about you!
Wait! What are you going to say???
Aunt Carol!
What are you going to tell him???
A few minutes later…
I gave him your number.
What??? What happened?
It wasn’t easy. He almost called security on me.
🤦‍♀️
I like a guy who plays hard to get.
What happened exactly?
Oh no, here comes the security guard.
What did you do?
Oooooh he’s cute! I’ll ask if he’s single. You like security guards, right?
A minute later, Sarah gets a text from Dylan.
Is this Sarah?
Yes.
The famous editor?
Editor, yes. Famous, not so much.
Haha. That’s not what your aunt said. She said you were the Elvis of the literary world.
Yeah, well, she’s the Elvis of the stick-my-nose-in-your-business world.
Haha, I can see that!
So, I hear you’re a Steinbeck fan?
Old John? I love him.
And a writer for GQ? Pretty impressive.
It’s a fun job and I get lots of free designer clothes.
What kind of books do you edit?
Mostly Mystery and Thriller. Do you read that?
Read it? I write it! I’m in the middle of writing a mystery book.
Wow, that’s amazing! I’d love to hear more about it.
How about I buy you a drink and I can get your professional opinion?
Since my aunt harassed you, I’ll be there 😊
Tomorrow night?
Sounds great!
Oh, just curious, why did you almost call security on my aunt? What did she do?
She wrote your number on the cover of Fifty Shades of Grey and tried to stuff it into my bag.
She said to call that number if I wanted the live version.
🤦‍♀️
I’m so sorry about her. Did she pay for the book at least?
No, and she’s currently being escorted out of the bookstore by security.
Oh, Aunt Carol…
I’ll reimburse you for the ruined book.
It’s not ruined. It has your phone number on it.
I’m definitely keeping that!
Okay, then I’m buying the drinks.
We’ll see about that. I’ll text you tomorrow to figure out the details.
Sounds perfect. Enjoy Of Mice and Men 😁
And Fifty Shades of Grey? Haha.
Yeah, that one too 😉
A few minutes later.
Well, I just got kicked out of the store by the security guard who is NOT single.
What a jerk. He made me delete the photo I took of him.
It’s okay, Aunt Carol.
Like I said, I’m focusing on my career right now.
Maybe you should find a boyfriend for Tara. She’s been single for a while.
😵
Your sister Tara is single?
And in desperate need of some matchmaking.
I’m on it!
She likes firemen, right?
Definitely!
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