Writing Assignment

David Levit. Successful. Unattractive. Balding. Marketing director. Jewish. Late 40s. Bachelor.

Olivia Beaumont. Hopeless Romantic. Bachelorette. Late 20s. Journalist. Romance novelist with an overbearing editor.

David and Olivia reconnect after seven years, but both with reservations. One of them is withholding facts, and so as the other. Until they start breaking barriers - forging a deep connection. David, a more experienced man, tries to make Olivia vulnerable. Olivia has never truly been vulnerable for a man, let alone an unattractive older Jewish man, allowing herself to be - giving chance on love.

Despite the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly - they have started caring for each other, and it turns out Charlotte assigned Olivia Beaumont to date David to give her a new perspective on love and herself, so she can write a potential bestseller as she turns 30.

As David develops deep feelings for Olivia after seeing her personality being strong yet authentic, he finds himself aligned with his conscience. Manoeuvring their relationship as professional, and later disclosed that he is married to a Jewish woman, and just misses the dating game as he can do with being a better-looking woman.

"I want you to date the man you rejected back in your early twenties - the man you think is the most flawed. Go back to him, date him, and get lost in the process. If it develops you as a woman, then proceed. If not, which I doubt, then quit. If that requires a flight to London but a promising story with depth, then the first class upgrade is on me." - Charlotte Tucker

(Book cover photography courtesy of Jonathan J Castellon via Unsplash)