Before we can say anything else another group walks over. Great. The girls are here.
I chuckle because they always make these practices more fun. I don’t have to bust anyone’s balls because they handle that for me.
Since I don’t have anyone to impress, I don’t have to worry about how I play, but these idiots go full-cocked and someone always ends up on their ass.
Miles groans and drops his head back.
“Yeah, that’s why I was late,” Lachlan says, turning to look at his wife. “Ainsley informed me she and the girls were coming and apparently, it’s someone’s fault.”
I look over at Everett since he’s the most likely culprit.
“Look, I went to see Hazel because she roped me into helping with her house renovation, and then she started saying the girls were coming, but I didn’t encourage this. God knows I prefer them not to see us,” he says and then waves.
I glance back and Violet lifts her hand.
Then…
Wait.
I count. Ainsley, one. Penelope, two. Violet, three. Hazel, four.
Fuck. There’s a fifth.
Tessa.
Lachlan bumps my shoulder as I stare at her, coming toward us. “I’m going to guess based on the look on your face that Tessa is the girl you banged from the bar.”
“Yup.”
“The same one who is a publicist here to help save your company?”
“Yup.”
He chuckles. “Oh, dude.”
I turn to look at him. “Don’t make me look bad.”
Lachlan grins. “Fat chance, old man.”
I should’ve stayed home.
twelve
Tessa
“Ihad no idea this was so intense,” I say to Hazel who is trying to hold back a laugh.
“Oh, girl, this isn’t normal. This is the guys trying to make Killian look like a dumbass in front of you.”
“Are you serious?” I ask.
Penelope answers, “Yup. This is a little much, even for them.”
“They’re equal opportunity idiots,” Violet adds. “Bullying is their love language. It’s almost a rite of passage to look stupid in front of the girl you’re dating.”
I shift quickly. “Oh, we’re not dating.”
Hazel sighs. “Doesn’t matter. You’re here and they are going to take advantage of that.”
