“See you, Gabby.” He said, but his eyes never left my face. “Liv can we talk?”

“No.” I shook my head. “Let’s go out Jock and Brock. We’ll be back later.”

“You just got here.” Scott said with a frown.

“Well we’re going out now.” I snapped and grabbed Jock’s hand. “Let’s go guys.”

We all hurried out of the front door and I turned to Alice. “What were you thinking?”

“I was thinking we’d have two hot guys here to make us feel better and make those two fools jealous.”

“And the best you could do were Brock and Jock?” I said quietly. “They look like mountain men.”

“They’re strippers.” She giggled. “They were the best I could do.”

“Oh Alice.” I groaned. “What should we do?”

“Tell them to go home and go to the mall and then go and get a drink?”

“That sounds like a good idea to me.” I nodded in agreement. We gave the two brothers $40 and then hopped into my car and drove to the local mall.

***

“I love retail therapy.” I grinned happily as we made our way into the wine bar with our hands full of bags.

“So do I.” She nodded. “Though my credit card doesn’t agree.”

“Neither does mine.” I laughed. “But that’s a worry for next month when the bill arrives.”

“You speak the truth.” She said and we ordered a bottle of Chardonnay. “Until the bill arrives then we are fine.”

“Exactly.”

“Oh my God.” She groaned and I frowned.

“What?”

“You won’t believe who’s here?” She sighed.

“Who?” My face paled. “Please don’t say Gabby and Xander?”

“No, well, you’re half right. Gabby is here with a bunch of girls.”

“Oh great.” I made a face and then watched as Alice frowned.

“Okay, this is weird, but she’s drinking wine, I think.” Her eyes narrowed and she gasped. “She is definitely drinking wine.”

“What the fuck?” I turned around. “She can’t drink alcohol! She’s pregnant.”

“What’s she doing?” Alice frowned. “She’s such a selfish bitch.”

“I’m going to go and tell her off.” I jumped up, furious with Gabby. What the fuck was she playing at? “What do you think you’re doing?” I screamed as I approached a giggling Gabby.

“Oh hi, Liv.” She grinned. “I’m showing Shannon my ring.”

“I don’t care what you’re showing her?” I shouted at her again and picked up her glass and sniffed. “This is wine. Why are you drinking?”

“What?” She frowned.

“You can’t drink Gabby.”

“What?” She grabbed her glass and sipped some wine in front of me. “Says who?”

“What about the baby?” I said softly. “How can you do this to the baby?”

“I’m not pregnant.” She laughed and sat back.

“What?” My jaw dropped. “What about Xander and Henry and the baby and the engagement? What do you mean you’re not pregnant?”

“Oh Liv.” She shook her head. “You don’t get it do you?” She sipped some more wine.

“Get what?”

“Luke and I had a relationship. Well, we had sex.” She grinned. “Don’t tell Alice, but it started when they were dating.”

“Oh my God.” My eyes widened. “What?”

“Yeah, he’s pretty good in bed.” She grinned. “Who was I to say no?”

“Oh Gabby.” I shook my head.

“Well then he met that bitch Joanna.” She got angry. “And instead of being with me, he dumped Alice and started dating her.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be.” She shrugged. “We still fucked. And I had hoped he would come to his senses.”

“But then, what about Henry?” I asked softly.

“Oh, he was Luke’s friend. I met him one night and tried to make Luke jealous.” She shrugged. “He was okay. I didn’t care about him.”

“Why did you lie about the baby?”

“I wanted to make Luke call off the wedding.” Her face grew sad. “I thought he’d call it off to marry me if he thought I was pregnant with his baby.”

“Oh.”

“But stupid Henry told him we fucked and somehow they ended up thinking it was his. And well, next thing I know Xander is offering me money to marry him as long as he and Henry can be in the baby’s life.”

“And you let them believe there was still a baby.”

“He gave me this huge rock and promised me a lot of cash.” She shrugged. “Who was I to say no?”

“But there’s no baby, Gabby. You can’t just lie and think that’s okay.”

“What do you care?” She drank some more wine.

“I can’t believe you did that. I thought you were pregnant. Everyone thinks you’re having Henry’s baby.”

“I’m not stupid, Liv. I’m on the pill.” She tossed her hair. “Do you really think I’d have unsafe sex and risk having a baby and ruining my perfect figure right now?”