Lilly found herself staring at Elijah, still breathing hard from her rant at Jack. She didn’t plan on being so direct but she felt they had a relationship worth fighting for and wanted to make sure someone was championing them. Elijah walked the few steps towards her and wrapped his arms around her waist.
“Have you any idea how horny that made me, someone standing up to my brother, completely unfazed that they are talking to Jack Geary. You need to apply that same fiery temper to other areas of your life,” Elijah said.
“You were turned on by my yelling? I shall remember that in the future.”
“So you see a future for us?” Elijah said and then softly pressed his lips to hers.
She didn’t make an attempt to argue with him. She wrapped her arms around his waist and kissed him back. It didn’t take too long before the kiss grew heated and she was just about to part his lips with her tongue when she heard that cough again.
“Forever interrupted,” Elijah muttered more to himself than anyone else.
“I have to go again, will I see you later?” Elijah asked his voice full of hope.
“Maybe, give me a call when you have five minutes and we’ll talk.”
Elijah kissed her quickly and walked away leaving her standing alone in the middle of the bar. The collective stares slowly drifted away back to their conversations, and she stood wondering what to do next. Lilly looked around the bar and thought fondly of poached eggs and real coffee. Just as Lilly was about to signal for a server she felt her hand being pulled and her handbag being shoved onto her shoulder.
“Come with me,” Lilly heard the deep voice quietly say as he pulled on her hand.
“Come with you where Jack?” Lilly asked.
“I need you to help my future wife, to calm her the fuck down and focus on one thing and that’s staying calm until the wedding so she doesn’t give herself a heart attack. She has to think of two people now and she needs help. Her best friend is overseas and cannot come, so I’m nominating you to be her new best friend. You seem to have a strong will and time on your hands.” Jack was all business tone and no room for asking just telling.
Lilly pulled her hand from his and stopped just before they were about to walk through the door, Jack was holding the door open waiting for her to walk through but instead folded her arms and stood there not moving.
“First, have you begged for forgiveness at not making it clear she can tell you anything and it will be ok? second,” Lilly whispered this part and leaned forward “who the fuck do you think I am that you think you can order me about?” Straightening back up she carried on. “Third, I know nothing about weddings, I hate them, I don’t even want to go to yours and now you want me to help her?” Lilly finished.
Jack was taken aback slightly at being questioned on what he wanted, he thought Olivia was the only person that was going to answer him back but now Lilly was too. He must be losing his hard edge that made most people jump to his tune.
“Firstly, not that it is any of your business but yes, I have made it abundantly clear that she can tell me anything, especially if she is carrying our child in her belly. Secondly, I apologise. It wasn’t my intention to order you to do anything. She needs help, and you clearly care about her, soI thought you would help her. Last, you don’t like weddings? Who doesn’t like weddings, you’re a female to start with and you’re not divorced, so why be so cynical about weddings,” Jack asked.
“First, I am glad you apologised, secondly I’m sorry for being so brash, of course, I will help, third, I don’t like weddings, get over it and last, how do you know I’m not divorced?” Lilly asked.
Jack’s eyes widened at his omission and he quickly recovered his composure. He’d asked Mickey to check out Lilly and her history. At the hospital, he’d asked his PA to start the ball rolling. If Elijah had fallen in love, he wanted to make sure it was with someone worthy of his love.
“I can read people and I guessed you weren’t married before.” Jack could have kicked himself again at his choice of words. He had mentioned nothing to Elijah, but he had done a full background check on Lilly.
“Are you two going to bicker all day in the doorway or are we going to organise this damned wedding before I grow to be the size of a house?” Olivia asked, standing between them with her hands on her hips.
Lilly and Jack broke their staring competition and turned their gazes on Olivia, she was wearing a satisfied smile on her face. Standing on tiptoe, she kissed Jack’s cheek and grabbed Lilly’s hand.
“We are off to Evelyn’s looking for a dress for Lilly now that she has agreed to come, we’ll see you later for dinner,” Olivia announced as she backed away, she had a gleam in her eye, she knew what was coming next but Lilly didn’t.
“Hold on a second, no one has asked me to the wedding, so I haven’t agreed to anything,” Lilly said.
Lilly stood immobile watching as no one acknowledged what she said and carried on as if she’d not uttered a word.It seemed a done deal she was going and had no choice. It thrilled her they accepted her into this group of people so openly, but she still hated weddings.
Jack grabbed Olivia by the waist and pulled her flush with his body and kissed her soundly, Olivia was still holding onto Lilly’s hand, which meant Lilly had a closer view of their passion that she would have liked. Lilly dropped her head to avoid watching their tongues duel. She’d already been witness to the session in the hospital room and flushed at the memory.
“Have you ever watched two people fuck Lilly?” Jack whispered into her ear. “I think you’d like it.”
Lilly drew in her breath at the shocking question that he proposed to her. Did he think she wanted to watch them have sex?
“Stop teasing her, Jack, she’s clearly not into a kinky lifestyle, stop trying to shock her. I need Lilly to help me attend this monstrosity of a wedding you have planned for me.”
“Oh, Olivia, I am wounded. Monstrosity of a wedding? Anyone would think that we have five hundred guests coming.”
“We do, Jack, it’s far too many, until I met Lilly I only knew you, Evelyn, Cecily and Elijah, so don’t make fun or I will insist on sausage and mash for the main course at the local pub and those who can’t fit in will have to stand outside.”
