The Fussy Virgin by McGarvey Black

Author:McGarvey Black [Black, McGarvey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloodhound Books - Women's fiction
Published: 2021-02-07T16:00:00+00:00

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After the persistent shadow of the Mystery Man had sabotaged her relationship with Henry, Callie committed herself to being open to someone else. She had to stop thinking about the MM or she’d be alone forever, waiting for a fantasy. If Virginia was right, she had to get on with things. To jump-start her social life, she violated one of her own rules and got on some dating apps—Bumble and Hinge.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, she told herself as she signed up, posted a few pictures and began searching for her new relationship.

It was Christmas week and when Callie arrived at her desk one afternoon, she knocked twice on the partition. “I did it,” she yelled to Jess, who a second later poked her head around the wall, wearing a headband with wiggly Christmas ornament antennas.

“Did what?” Jess said, bobbing her head, causing the red and gold ornaments to dance.

“Last night, I signed up for Bumble and Hinge. I’m not doing Tinder,” said Callie firmly. “That’s a total hook-up site.”

“It’s a start,” said Jess as she popped back into her cubicle to pick up a call.

Within a couple of days, using her dating apps, Callie connected with several seemingly decent-looking guys and made plans to meet up with three of them.

The first man worked downtown in the financial district for a foreign bank. On paper, he looked good. He was thirty-five and divorced. She wondered if that meant he wasn’t good at relationships, but liked his profile. He was into music and politics, in that order. Since Callie loved music and politics, she had reasonably high hopes for her first date.

Arriving a few minutes early for their 6pm meeting at the casual American restaurant they had agreed on, she went directly to the bathroom to check her hair and makeup. Satisfied, she took a seat at a table and waited for her date to arrive. At 6:30pm, with still no sign of him, she got a text.

Tied up at work, can’t make it tonight. Sorry. Maybe we can try sometime next week.

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