Elena, who just took a sip of her wine, immediately choked, resulting in her coughing violently. 

"Are you alright? I mean, I want you to be my pretend girlfriend for the time being so my mom and Andrea will stop bothering me." 

"Then how would this be beneficial to me?" Elena asked 

Jacob sat upright, cleared his throat, and smiled charmingly. "That's quite simple. You can tell her you and I got together months ago, and then you relocated to New York because I asked you to, and you were too shy to tell her you were in a relationship with her elder brother." 

Elena thought about it and realized...