A Courtship by Design

Someone proposes to shape a romance the way a tailor shapes a uniform: measurements, disguises, and a result that was ordered in advance. The setting is abroad. More than one adult woman is in the arrangement, and a female boss has a say in the schedule. The planner believes feelings can be trained. The women in the plan are not props, even if he thinks otherwise. / A disguise works until the person inside it wants a life the calendar did not include. The project will show, sooner than he hopes, who is actually being trained.