Fake Married to My Billionaire CEO novel · Chapter 20 of 24
Chapter 20: Dean's Last Day
My mother's house is a pale stucco box on a cul-de-sac in Henderson.
The lemon tree in front drops fruit on the neighbors' lawns.
Rafferty drove us there in the van, which had come back from the shop smelling like fresh oil.
He ran two stop signs, and I did not tell him to slow down.
At the end of her street, five houses were out on their lawns.
A man in a baseball cap held a hose that was not on.
A woman I'd known since the third grade stood on her porch with a baby on her hip.
All of them were looking at my mother's front step.
Dean stood on it with his back to the door.
His shirt was torn at the shoulder.
He held both hands out in front of him.
"Mrs. Dvorak, please," he was saying. "Five thousand. That's all. I'll mail it back."
My mother stood in the doorway in her housecoat and her slippers.
She is fifty-six years old and five foot two.
She was holding a wooden rolling pin.
"You ate my brisket at my table for two Thanksgivings," she said.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of Fake Married to My Billionaire CEO are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
← Chapter 19 · All chapters · Chapter 21 →
Want to keep talking to characters like these? Chat with AI romance characters: AI Boyfriend · AI Girlfriend · Dark Romance · Fantasy Romance · BL (Boys’ Love) · Billionaire Boyfriend · Mafia Boyfriend · Possessive Boyfriend · Hockey Boyfriend · Older Boyfriend · K-Drama Boyfriend · Anime Boyfriend · Vampire Boyfriend · Werewolf Boyfriend · Demon Boyfriend · Fae Romance · GL (Girls’ Love) · Anime Girlfriend · Goth & Alt Girlfriend · Gamer Girlfriend · Tsundere Girlfriend · Fantasy Girlfriend