All Chapters of Fake dating the captain : Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

~Liv ~The next morning hit like a hangover without the fun part, the ship already cutting through the waves, and I was up early because sleep decided to bail on me after that deck moment last night, staring at the water like it had answers. I dragged myself to the main deck where the wedding setup was happening, tables being draped in white cloths, chairs lined up facing the ocean, and the planner barking at staff about arches and ribbons. I jumped in because why not, everyone was treating me like the hero anyway, might as well keep the streak going before it all blew up in my face like it always did."Move that arch two feet left, it's blocking the aisle, you want the bride tripping on her way to 'I do'?" I snapped at one of the guys hauling it, and he grumbled but did it, wiping sweat off his brow. Aunt Karen waddled over, her floral dress flapping in the breeze, beaming like I'd invented weddings. "Liv, honey, you're a lifesaver with these. Ava's so lucky to have you." I snorted,

~Liv~The door had barely slammed open before Rowan was already yelling, his face all twisted up red and furious, eyes locked on me and Kacy like we'd just set the ship on fire, "Not again, Liv, seriously not fucking again, what the hell is this?" and he stormed in, dripping wet from wherever he'd been hiding out, probably up on deck pretending he didn't give a shit while I was busy almost drowning and then making out with his teammate like some bad rebound plot twist.I jumped up from the bed, towel slipping a bit but who cared, my heart pounding because oh great, timing as usual, and Kacy was on his feet too, hands up like surrender but smirking that annoying way he does, "Rowan not again nothing! , nothing's happening," but Rowan wasn't having it, he shoved past him, getting right in my face, "Nothing? I walk in and you're sucking face with him, after everything, Liv? After I just swam through that chaos up there to find you? Well hypothetically speaking I didn't swim but I flight

~Joyce~God.I just sat there.My office was dark except for the cold light of my computer screen. It glowed in front of me, blank and accusing, like it knew. Like it could see everything I’d done.Every session.Every question that went too far.Every moment I pretended it was about Ava’s anxiety when really, it wasn’t.It was about him.Caleb.I was the first one to love Caleb, he was mine, and he even stopped our sessions just for her. He's marrying her, the perfect model bride with the bump, and I'm here alone with my takeout getting cold, feeling like the biggest loser in the world, tears just streaming down my face because I thought, stupidly, that if I got close enough through therapy, maybe I'd find a way to connect with him again, like back in college when we had that one class together and he smiled at me once, and I built this whole fantasy around it, pathetic, right? But it hurt so bad, this deep ache in my chest that made me want to curl up and scream, because Caleb was s

~Liv~I stood there on that stupid boat deck, the wind whipping my hair into my face and I watched Ava and Caleb go through the whole traditional wedding rigmarole, the elders chanting stuff in that old language that always sounded like they were cursing the ocean, the drums thumping in my chest, flowers getting tossed around like confetti at a kid’s party. Ava was in this bright, colorful dress that hugged her bump just right, and she was smiling at Caleb like he’d hung the damn moon, her hand squeezing his so tight I could see her knuckles go white. And Caleb? He looked... okay, not miserable like he had earlier, but like he was actually there with her, not just going through the motions for the cameras.I felt this weird punch in my gut, right in the middle of all the blessings and the incense smoke curling up. Like, here I was, Liv, the queen of holding grudges, and suddenly revenge felt about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. I’d spent the last few months, hell, since

~Ava~I was still riding that stupid, warm fuzzy high from the hug with Liv, both of us sniffling like a couple of idiots in front of the whole boat, phones out recording it live, people clapping like we’d just cured cancer or something when I turned around and there he was. Maddox. Leaning against the railing like he owned the damn place, in a suit that probably cost almost as much as my wedding dress, staring right at me with those eyes that always made my stomach flip even when I didn’t want it to. My heart slammed into my ribs so hard I thought Caleb might hear it from across the deck. Shit. Shit shit shit.I grabbed his arm before anyone else could spot him Kacy was busy charming some aunt, Liv was still wiping her eyes with Rowan and yanked him toward the side of the boat where the lifeboats were stacked like nobody ever used them. “What the hell are you doing here?” I hissed, keeping my voice low but my grip tight enough to leave marks. “I blocked you for a reason, Maddox. Mon