It's Only Temporary: A Stand In Fake Fiancee Romance by Iona Rose

Author:Iona Rose [Rose, Iona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Somebooks
Published: 2021-09-01T16:00:00+00:00

Bianca

I forked the overcooked pasta and ignored the undercooked meatballs. I took after my mother in the culinary department though I think I was a slightly better cook. Every few minutes, I glanced at my phone hoping to see a message from Connor.

He had texted me earlier in the day to say that he had been to see Eva and she was well. I couldn’t wait to see him in person to grill him properly but I had to take his word for it.

“It’s nice and hot.”

I jerked back to the present with a start and realized that my mother had been speaking.

“You shouldn’t have interrupted your vacation to come mom. A phone call would have been just fine.”

She waved a hand in the air. “I wanted to see for myself how my baby was faring. Besides, I also needed a breather. Henry is a pain in the behind. So much for a vacation when all we’re doing is quarrelling.”

I knew that tone and my heart shrunk on hearing it. I didn’t even know my mother’s third husband well. I’d only met him once at the wedding but he’d seemed like a pretty chilled guy. You had to be to get along with my mother. She was high energy and always on the move.

The tone she was using was a sign that she was getting tired of him or the marriage or both. He had had two boys, both in their teens and my heart went out to them for the latest drama.

“How is he a pain?” I asked her against my better judgment.

“He’s argumentative,” she said simply, as if that was a sufficient explanation.

“Don’t married people generally argue at one point or another?” I pointed out. I pushed my plate away. I couldn’t stomach another bite of dinner. I was a step away from expelling what I’d eaten from my stomach.

“I don’t know what other married people do, I just know I’m tired and sick of it. Life is short. No one should have to endure a bad marriage.”

I looked at her in astonishment, stunned at the speed with which she had moved from Henry being argumentative to describing their union as a bad marriage.

“Let’s not spoil a perfectly nice evening discussing my marriage woes,” she said, adopting a breezy tone. “I met up with your father last week.” Her eyes gleamed as she spoke. “He and Fiona are getting a divorce.”

I felt as if I’d been punched in the gut. I liked Fiona and she and my dad had two girls, twins like Eva and me. They were only five years old, too young to have their parents divorcing.

“Why, what happened?” I said.

She shrugged. “They probably just grew apart.”

I shouldn’t have been shocked but I was and disappointed. Fiona had seemed like one of my dad’s string of wives who would actually last and grow old with him.

“We went out to lunch together,” she said sounding like a teenage girl talking abut her first date.

Warning bells went off in my brain.

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