Faith smiled as Asher kissed her cheek. “Everyone knows Asher, and this is my bratty cousin Luca.” She pointed toward the black-haired man sitting opposite me.
Luca grinned. “I know almost everyone here, except him.” His eyes narrowed on Declan who smiled back at him.
“I’m Declan, Magnolia’s date.”
Luca snorted out a laugh. “She lets you call her by her first name?”
He shrugged. “She doesn’t seem to mind.”
“Let me tell you a secret then, that woman hates her first name. I couldn’t imagine she enjoys you using it.” Luca winked toward me.
I glowered at him. He was around for the bullying I endured in high school since he was only a year ahead of us. Faith, Eve, and I would spend nights talking about it at Faith’s, and he was there for most of them. Even so, he didn’t have a right to act like he knew a thing about me. Not after how he treated me.
Declan turned to me. “Do you really hate your name?”
I shrugged. “It’s fine. You didn’t know.”
His brows bumped together. “You could’ve told me. I don’t want to make you uncomfortable.”
I shook my head. “You don’t.”
The rest of the brunch was filled with small-talk and details about the wedding. I couldn’t focus on much, except for a certain dark-haired man with his baby blues trained on me. I wasn’t the only one that noticed, Delilah did too. She stared at me like I was a puzzle to figure out. The brunch had to go down as the most awkward one I’d ever attended.
“I’ll see you all for mini-golf this afternoon,” Faith said as everyone began to disperse.
“Mini-golf?”
Her eyes narrowed at me. “Did you read the itinerary I texted you?
I smiled sheepishly. “Not yet.”
Asher chuckled. “Oh, Mags. You’ve done it now.”
Faith continued to glare at me. “We have bridal party activities this week. Basically, we have a lot of bonding ahead of us. Read the message right now.”
I pulled out my phone and scrolled to the message of the itinerary. My eyes scanned over it and my stomach dropped. The next six days were jam-packed with activities.
“This is insane, you know that right?” I asked them. I rubbed my forehead. A headache was already forming from the overwhelming amount of “activities”.
Asher scratched the back of his head. “Yeah, it’s a lot. I agree.”
Faith whacked his chest. “It may be a lot, but everyone is going to enjoy themselves. Or I’ll cry. You don’t want me crying during our wedding week.”
“Of course not, honey.” Asher wrapped his arms around her.
Declan and I left them to do whatever it was engaged couples did before they got married. I was thankful we made it back to the confines of our room without running into Luca and Delilah.
I collapsed on the bed and shut my eyes. We had two hours before we had to meet up at the mainland for mini-golf.
The bed dipped beside me and I opened my eyes to see Declan propped up on his forearms as he stared at me. “Need a nap?”
I groaned. “Yes. There are way too many festivities to prepare for.”
“I think it’s sweet. I would want something like this for my big day.”
“Big week, you mean,” I interrupted.
He chuckled. “Yeah. I mean, why not.”
