Semua Bab Faking It With The CEO: Bab 1 - Bab 5

It felt like the longest day of my life. With the check still in my hands, I drove in a hurry to meet with the manager at the family bank.The Harts had a rule of giving part of the inheritance to all members of the family- even their spouses.The sooner I cashed out my part of the inheritance and left this godforsaken place, the better for me.I tried to act calm as I arrived at the bank and shook hands with the manager.It became harder to act calm as he looked at his documents after I had told him my name and he shook his head.‘I’m sorry ma’am,’ he said, looking at me. ‘Mr Hart exempted your name from part of the inheritance.’‘What do you mean?’ My eyes widened. ‘It means that you aren’t acknowledged here anymore,’ he shrugged. ‘Maybe there’s been a mistake?’The rest of the things he said just faded into the loud ringing in my ears. I didn’t know how long I sat still, trying to understand everything.‘When did this happen?’ I asked in a solemn tone, trying to hide the shakines

I could feel her surprised gaze. Whoever this woman was now, she must be pretty important to affect Stan as much.‘You’re lying, Xavier,’ Stan sneered, ‘as always.’‘Stop being such a pain in the ass,’ I scoffed then turned to the woman. ‘Let’s go, sweetheart.’‘How long have you been you sleeping with my brother, Harper?’ Stan faced the woman.Harper… For a moment her eyes widened in shock, but she quickly composed herself.‘Long enough to be his fiancée,’ she replied.I was stunned. This pretty little liar had some guts, I’d give her that.She held my hand and we both walked out, not saying a word until we were outside.‘Let’s never do that again.’ She gave out an exasperated sigh. ‘That’s a very strange way to say “thank you,’ I grumbled.‘Are you actually Stan’s brother?’ She eyed me like I was a fraud or something.‘Unfortunately,’ I sighed.‘I never knew he had a brother,’ she said under her breath.She was nervous; I could tell from the way she consistently ran her hand thro