All Chapters of Fake Dating The School's Most Dangerous Boy: Chapter 11 - Chapter 18

Scarlett's POVThe hospital waiting room smelled like antiseptic and fear.I'd been sitting here for three hours. Maya beside me. Ronan across the room, phone pressed to his ear, talking to someone in low, sharp tones.Mom was stable. That's what the doctor said. Stable. Not good. Not better. Stable.Her cough had gotten worse. The bills had piled higher. And I'd been so focused on surviving Westwood that I hadn't noticed how fast she was fading."Scarlett." Ronan appeared in front of me. "Come with me.""Where?""Somewhere we can talk. Five minutes."Maya squeezed my hand. "I'll stay here. If anything changes, I'll text."I followed Ronan down the hall to an empty waiting area. Chairs stacked against the wall. Quiet. Private.He pulled out a folder. Thick. Stuffed with papers."What's that?""The truth." He handed it to me. "About the cheating report. About who filed it. About what they used to make it stick."I opened it.Inside were printouts. Emails. Screenshots. A file I recogniz

Scarlett's POVThe meeting was over. Mrs. Voss was suspended. Victoria's mother was under investigation. My scholarship was reinstated.And Maya had been sitting in the back row, crying quietly, while I stood at the front with enough evidence to destroy her aunt's career.I still hadn't talked to her.Ronan's car pulled up outside the school. He opened my door. I climbed in without thinking."Where are we going?""Somewhere private. We need to talk."The car drove for twenty minutes. Stopped outside a building I didn't recognize. Modern. Glass. Expensive."Where are we?""My place. My actual place. Not the house my parents use for appearances."I followed him inside. The apartment was huge. Minimal. Clean lines and gray walls. No photos. No personal touches. Like no one actually lived here.He gestured to a couch. I sat. He sat across from me. Coffee table between us.On the table was a document. Three pages. Single-spaced."What's this?""The rules." He slid it toward me. "Read it. S

Scarlett's POVThe photo broke everything.By Wednesday morning, the kiss had been shared seventeen thousand times. People I'd never met had opinions about my relationship with Ronan. About my intentions. About how long I'd last.Elena was back at school.I spotted her at the gates. Blonde hair pulled back. Dark sunglasses. The same black dress she'd worn when she cornered me last week. She walked through the crowd like she owned it, and people parted for her like she did.Maya grabbed my arm. "Did you know she was coming back?""No.""She transferred out. Mid-year. Now she's suddenly back the day after your photo goes viral?" Maya's grip tightened. "That's not a coincidence."Ronan appeared beside me. His face was hard."I didn't know she was coming back.""Your ex just showed up the day after we went public." I kept my voice low. "Someone wants drama.""Someone wants attention." He watched Elena disappear into the building. "Don't give it to her."Easy for him to say. He wasn't the

Scarlett's POVThe post exploded.By Friday morning, Elena's accusations had been shared twenty thousand times. My face was everywhere. My name was a punchline. Strangers had opinions about my character, my grades, my worth.Then Ronan's text came.Ronan: Tonight. My family's estate. You're coming with me.I stared at the message.Me: Are you serious? People are calling me a fraud. A thief. Your ex is trying to destroy me. And you want me to go to a party?Ronan: Exactly. We show up together. We show them we're not hiding. We show them the accusations don't matter.Me: Or we show them I'm desperate enough to cling to you no matter what they say.Ronan: You're not clinging. You're standing. There's a difference.I hated when he said that.The car arrived at six. A black dress waited in the back seat. Expensive. Simple. The kind of thing I'd never worn.I changed in the car. The driver didn't look. The city blurred past.Ronan was waiting at the estate gates. Black suit. Dark tie. His e