Fake dating the captain
“Rowan? If you’re calling to whine about Liv again, I’m hanging up. ”
The words hit like a body check. “Zoe…. ”
“No. You don’t get to Zoe me. You called her worthless. Worthless. After everything her family put her through. You think I’m gonna help you fix your mess?”
I swallowed hard. “I know. I fucked up. Bad. Like, career-ending bad. But listen before the fight, back when this was still pretend, we talked about it. A lot. She said if we ever did the real proposal thing, fake of course, it had to be ridiculous. Huge. Loud. Like, embarrass-everyone-involved loud. Balloons, banners, maybe a marching band if we could swing it.?”