Luckiest fucking son of a bitch out there.
FOURTEEN
Orla
Sheridan was pulling up outside just as I finished putting my makeup on. I was still in my robe, and realised just how fucking late I’d gotten up this morning. Fucking Bear hadn’t woken me up.
The asshole.
I’d left the door unlocked so she could easily get in while I finished up. The door unlocked and I heard her calling out to me.
“Be there in a minute!”
Her laughter carried down the hall and soon she looked in to see me still trying to curl mylashes.
“You’re not ready,” I said, looking over at her in jeans and a top.
“No, I’ll get dressed there. So will you. Get something on and let Shona finish us up.”
She was right. It was a hot day in Kilkenny today, so we’d probably sweat off anything I did here anyway. I pulled everything into my cosmetics case and followed her down to the hall to the front door. Grabbing my phone from the kitchen bench, I realised I hadn’t responded to her last night. Bear had put it on charge for me, the fucking beast had a heart at least. As we got in the car, I turned to her.
“Are you nervous?”
“Nope,” she replied with a cheeky grin.
“You?”
“Why would I be?” I laughed as she started the car and headed down the road. She turned to me, the confusion written all over her face. Soon, she turned back to the road, a smile on her face.
“What? Oh…shit I forgot to look at my phone to respond last night. I’m sorry, but when Alex gets all naked, I lose my mind.”
Sheridan shook with laughter. “I know the feeling.”
“Did you send me anothermessage?”
I tried to locate the phone, but I must have thrown it in the back with my cosmetic case.
“No, it’s all good. We’re almost there.”
We pulled up and I saw that the compound was a flurry of activity. Sheridan ushered me inside, grabbing a couple of bags which I assumed was her dress and maybe my bridesmaid dress, and I grabbed my cosmetics case. Shona and Maree were fussing over the twins as they got them ready. They were dressed in bright red dresses and looked like young women. I almost teared up at seeing them look so grown up.
“Get in the chair,” Shona issued to me. “I need to do this hair.”
I rolled my eyes as she painfully yanked my hair from my hair tie and messed with it.
“Why is it so knotty?”
“You can thank Bear for that with his constant tangling his fingers in it and yanking.”
“Ew!” Ryleigh protested. She and Shauna left the room to everyone’s laughter.
“Ah hell, they’ll figure it out sooner rather than later,” I said to Sheridan who rolled her eyes.
“Don’t remind me. They’ll be looking to lose their V cards soon, and I don’t think Coop is ready for that.”
I laughed, but I knew no man would be safe near those girls. Cooper could be intimidating as fuck when he wanted to be.
Shona made quick work of my hair and shoved a mirror in my face. My hair was piled half up on my head with curls coming down to frame my face.
