Hailey blinked. “What?”

“You heard me. Neither of us wants a relationship. You pretend to be my girlfriend,” Noah said.

“This is nuts, Noah.”

But then again, was it? She shook her head. No. No one would believe that she was Noah’s girlfriend.

“What reservations are you having?” he asked.

“I don’t even know where to begin. We don’t even know each other.”

“We can figure that part out,” Noah said.

He looked at her with ...