Chapter One
Jilly:Did you eat? You didn’t eat, did you.
Jack:That’s speculative.
Jilly:Jack.
Jack:Protein bar. 70% complete meal.
Jilly:That’s not food.
Jack:It’s not poison either.
BRO, BEAU, THROW.
Jilly took a sip of her hot Americano while considering her options. A popular RnB song played in the background, but it might as well be inaudible. She was one of those types of people who could block out everything at will, regardless of the circumstances. And right now, the most important thing for her to think about?
Who do I want as my BRO?
An ideal big brother would be someone reliable and protective, someone she could trust like...
Keanu Reeves in John Wick!
If she ever died unexpectedly, she could always rely on John Wick to take care of her babies.
But even as Jilly wrote down the character's name, she also found herself rationalizing her decision to her Heavenly Father.
It's not that I'm pro-violence or anything, but this is just a game.
I promise I'm not going to seek vengeance if ever something happens to any of my babies.
Really, God, I swear!
Jilly squirmed in her seat. Why did it feel like she was lying to herself? She truly believed vengeance was the Lord's. And she believed in this wholeheartedly. She would not seek vengeance. She wouldnot.Or so she tried to convince herself while moving on to the next item on the list, which was...
Oh, this was easy.
She knew right away who she wanted as a BEAU.
Ryan Reynolds in the Wrexham documentary if he were a fictional character, duh.
And as for THROW...
Poppy's jaw dropped when she and Jilly exchanged answer sheets, and she saw what her downline had written for THROW.Was the other woman for real? Seriously?
Jilly, however, was not surprised at all with what her mentor wrote. The twist in this game was to only choose from fictional characters, and it was so like Poppy to be romantically creative...and adorably predictable.
Valerianin his cameo role in Staffan Aehrenthal's music video as BRO.
Valerianwhen he was asked to pose as a fairytale prince for the cover ofQuintessential Lifeas BEAU.
And it wasstill Valerianas her THROW, particularly when he lent his voice for a villainous character in an animation film.
In all honesty, Jilly should have seen this coming. There was just no way that Poppy, who was so incredibly cute with how she wore her heart on her sleeve, would write down any other name than her husband's.
"I don't get it," the other woman suddenly said.
Jilly looked at Poppy in surprise. "What's not to get?" She honestly thought her answers were all straightforward, if not self-explanatory.