Getting Rid of Matthew (Paperback)甩掉劈腿男

Helen never thought she'd be one of those dreaded "other women," but that's just the predicament she finds herself in when she falls for her boss Matthew, a man many years her senior with a wife and children at home. She constantly wishes that they could spend more time with each other and asks Matthew to leave his wife for her. When he arrives on her doorstep with his bags in hand, she realizes you really have to be careful what you wish for. Suddenly her clandestine sometimes lover has turned into a real person - warts and all. She craves her privacy, and is embarrassed when she finds that the rest of the secretaries think that Matthew is not a catch at all, and schemes to hide her role in his separation. Then she decides the best way to get rid of him is the get him to go back to his wife Sophie, even going to far as to befriend her. The only problem - she likes Sophie more than she likes Matthew.

Fallon's story of the other woman is at times funny. I laughed so hard when Helen was watching Matthew snore (did he do that before?) and noticed his untrimmed nose hairs. But Helen is such a nasty character, that readers may find it difficult to sympathize with her and hope she gets her happily ever after. Sophie's character is what kept me glued to the story. She too had an affair with Matthew and he left his first wife for her. Her musings on getting what she deserves and realizing the role she played in stealing another woman's husbands give her the humility that Helen is sorely lacking. All in all, it was a pretty entertaining story if you can get beyond Helen's selfishness.