All Chapters of Fake dating the captain : Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

~Joyce~I was still buzzing from the whole traditional wedding mess watching Ava and Caleb kiss like they invented love, Liv and Ava doing that fake-ass sister hug that had everyone on the boat crying and filming it live like it was the Super Bowl of family reunions when I slipped away to the upper deck and pulled out my phone. My hands were shaking a little, not from nerves but from that pure, delicious rage that had been building since I saw Ava glowing like she’d won the lottery. I dialed Maddox, the guy I’d personally dragged into this shitshow, and he picked up on the second ring like he’d been waiting.“Joyce,” he said, voice all flat and tired, like I was some spam caller trying to sell him car insurance. “What now?”“What now?” I laughed, but it came out sharp, like a bark. “What now is you’re supposed to be doing your job, genius. You’re here. I got you on the boat. The court wedding’s in like an hour. Walk out there, tell everyone the baby might be yours, watch Caleb’s face

JoyceGod I was so done with all of it the fake smiles the stupid dresses the way everyone kept acting like this white wedding was the greatest thing since sliced bread and there I was stuck in the middle of the prep chaos right outside the church with the media guys already setting up their cameras like vultures waiting for the money shot and Liv was over there giggling with Rowan her arm looped through his like they’d been glued together at the hip and she kept leaning in to whisper something in his ear and he’d laugh and kiss her temple and I wanted to puke right there on the steps because seriously how did she flip that fast one minute she’s my ally the next she’s all lovey-dovey with the guy like none of the shit with Ava ever happened and Kacy was standing a few feet away chatting with Maddox all smiles and nods and Maddox was actually laughing at whatever dumb joke Kacy just cracked probably something about how perfect Ava looked today and I caught Maddox’s eye for a second and

Joyce The words flew out of my mouth before I could even stop them and the whole damn ceremony hall went from chaos to nuclear in like two seconds flat “I saw Ava give the drink to Liv!” I yelled it again louder this time pointing right at her because why the hell not everyone was already staring and the medics were rushing in with their little kits and Rowan was on his knees beside Liv who was still coughing up these awful red splatters all over the white floor and her dress and his fancy suit and he kept yelling “Liv stay with me baby please god someone do something” and Ava just stood there blinking like a damn robot hand on her bump not even tearing up not even pretending to look scared and I couldn’t help the grin that split my face because yeah look at that perfect wedding ruined in five minutes flat all because of her little switcheroo while Kacy tried to push the cameras back yelling “give them space for fuck’s sake this isn’t a show” but it totally was now wasn’t it the medi

LivI blinked a couple times and the world came back all fuzzy like someone had smeared Vaseline on my eyes, and the first thing I felt was this heavy hand squeezing mine so tight I thought my fingers might snap off. Rowan. He was right there hunched over the bed, face all blotchy and wet, snot running down like he hadn’t bothered to wipe it in days, and the second my eyes stayed open he just lost it completely. “Liv, oh God, Liv you’re awake, you’re really awake,” he choked out, voice cracking like a teenager, and then the tears really started pouring, big ugly sobs that shook his whole body. “I thought you were gone, I swear I would’ve killed myself if you died, I had it all planned out in my head, the pills, the note, everything, because what the fuck is the point without you, and now you’re here and you’re breathing and thank you, thank you for staying alive, I don’t deserve it but thank you.”He kept repeating thank you like a broken record, forehead pressed to my knuckles, and I

LivI stood in the living room, yelling right at Dad’s face. “You ruined my life! You always pick them over me!” My voice was loud and full of anger. Everyone was there. Ava’s mom knelt on the floor, crying loud like everything was over. Dad looked shocked. I saw Caleb gasping as he stared at the ground, saying nothing. Ava just watched with her arms folded, like this was some boring show.Then I felt something warm run down my legs. I looked down. Blood. Too much blood. It soaked my pants in seconds and dripped onto Ava’s shiny floor. Drip, drip, drip. Like a broken tap. I froze. My mouth hung open. My brain stopped working. One second I was shouting. The next second my body was falling apart.Rowan saw it. His face turned white like paper. “Liv…Liv, you’re bleeding! Oh God!” He ran to me fast. His arms picked me up easy, like I weighed nothing. His own legs shook. He turned and shouted at everyone. “Call 911! Right now! She’s bleeding so much!”mom kept crying louder “ Oh my Liv, Ol