Alec by L.A. Casey
(Slater Brothers #2)
Publication date: August 17th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
(Slater Brothers #2)
Publication date: August 17th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
Synopsis:
Keela Daley is the black sheep of her family. She has always come second to her younger cousin Micah. Even in the eyes of her mother, Micah shone bright, and Keela faded to black. Now, in adulthood, Micah is a bride-to-be and the spotlight is solely on her. Keela is a low priority…or so she thinks.
Alec Slater is a bachelor, never one to bed the same woman, or man, twice. He is a free agent who does what he pleases and answers to no one; that is until a fiery Irish redhead with a temper to match her hair colour knocks him on his arse. Literally.
She hates to admit it, but Keela needs a favour from the cocky Slater brother, a huge favour. She needs him to not only escort her to Micah’s wedding, but to also pose as her boyfriend. Alec agrees to help Keela, but has certain conditions for her to abide by. He wants her body and plans to have it before anyone can say I do.
What he doesn’t plan on is losing his heart as well as the possibility of losing his family when someone from his past threatens his future.
Alec owns Keela, and what Alec owns, Alec keeps.
Alec Slater is a bachelor, never one to bed the same woman, or man, twice. He is a free agent who does what he pleases and answers to no one; that is until a fiery Irish redhead with a temper to match her hair colour knocks him on his arse. Literally.
She hates to admit it, but Keela needs a favour from the cocky Slater brother, a huge favour. She needs him to not only escort her to Micah’s wedding, but to also pose as her boyfriend. Alec agrees to help Keela, but has certain conditions for her to abide by. He wants her body and plans to have it before anyone can say I do.
What he doesn’t plan on is losing his heart as well as the possibility of losing his family when someone from his past threatens his future.
Alec owns Keela, and what Alec owns, Alec keeps.
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ALEC
(Slater Brothers, #2)
L.A.
Casey
Chapter
One
"Miss Daley? Open up! I know you're in
there, your car is outside in the tenant car park!"
I groaned at the sound of the loud voice, and
flicked my eyes open then quickly re-closed them. It took a few moments for me
to be able to keep them open, and when I could, I couldn't see very well. I
squinted through the darkness waiting for my eyes to adjust to the minimal
lighting. When I could see a little, I quickly narrowed my eyes at the fat
snoring male beside me. I shoved him hoping to knock him off the bed, but
instead of falling off like I’d hoped he only farted and rolled over in my
direction then placed a big sloppy kiss on my mouth.
"Storm!" I shouted and wiped at my
mouth and tried not to heave, but the smell of Storm's breath made that very
hard.
Storm lazily got to his feet, stretched and
made some weird noises then proceeded to belly flop on top of me until I gasped
for air. Storm, my two year old German Shepherd, needed to be put on a diet or
one of these days the fat baby was going to smother me in my sleep.
"Off!" I gasped and shoved at his
large body with both of my hands.
Storm did as ordered and got off me. But he
didn't get off the bed, instead he just rolled back over to his side - yes, my dog
had a side of the bed - which was just typical. The only time he willingly
moved was if it was breakfast time, lunch time, dinner time or pretty much any
time he knew there would be food in it for him.
"You pathetic excuse for a guard
dog," I muttered as the banging on my apartment door started up again.
Storm replied with another fart that had me
opening the windows before I left my bedroom to proceed down the hallway to
open my door. I stubbed my toe on one of Storm's doggy toys as I walked and
cursed the person on the other side of the door for making me get out of bed;
it was the middle of the night for God's sake!
"I'm comin', keep your knickers on!"
I shouted when I reached my door and began unlocking all the locks. There was
five of them in total because, in the area where I lived, one lock was not
enough. I switched on my hall light and jumped when the bulb blew, coating the
hall in darkness once again. I sighed as I turned to my front door, even though
I knew who was on the other side, I still looked through the peep hole just to
be safe.
When I confirmed the noisy menace at my door
was in fact my neighbour, I unlocked the final lock and pulled it open then
harshly glared at the man who was stood before me. Mr. Pervert - his real name
was Mr. Doyle - was a middle-aged man who was the CEO at Perverts 'R Us. The
man was a major creep, and I hated that I answered the door to him dressed in
nothing but my nightdress because it gave him free rein to ogle me with his
ever roaming eyes.
"Can I help you, Mr. Per-Doyle?" I
asked, biting my tongue, so I didn't laugh at almost calling him Mr. Pervert
out loud.
He snapped his eyes up from my legs to my face
and cleared his throat as he lifted his hand - a hand that contained one single
envelope. I simply stared at the envelope for a moment then flicked my eyes up
to Mr. Pervert and found his eyes weren't on my face anymore. I knocked on the
outside of my door with my free hand which made him jump with fright and me
inwardly snort. When his eyes were once again on mine, I nodded to the envelope
in his hand and then raised my brows in a silent question.
He cleared his throat again before saying,
"I've been away the last few weeks and found this on my floor when I got
home a few moments ago. It is addressed to you, but has my apartment number on
it instead of yours."
I wanted to punch him. I used the light from
the hallway outside of my apartment to look back inside my apartment and lock
my eyes on the clock hanging on the wall behind me; it read 3:20 am.
Couldn't he have just waited till morning
before he delivered it to me?
The bloody eejit!
I sighed as I turned back to Mr. Pervert, who
was back to looking at my body. I reached out and gripped the envelope and gave
it a little tug until Mr. Pervert released it.
"Thanks, I appreciate you goin' out of
your way to make sure I get me post." I faked a smile and then pulled the
hand that now held the envelope away until it was tucked safely behind my door
- along with the rest of my body - so Mr. Pervert couldn't see me anymore.
He blinked a few times and looked at my face,
because it was now all that he could see.
"It was no problem at all,
sweetheart."
Sweetheart?
Bleh!
I smiled and nodded my head as I inched my
door closed. "Good night."
"Good-" I closed the door before he
could finish his sentence.
I shook off my shivers then I relocked all of
the locks on my door and closed the bolt at the top of the door. I breathed a
sigh of relief when I heard Mr. Pervert's footsteps trot back across the hall
and into his own apartment where he closed the door behind him. I looked at the
envelope in my hand and decided to open it because I was curious as to what was
inside it. I couldn't see very well because the hallway was still dark but I
knew it wasn't a bill, it didn't feel like the envelope bills came in, it was
thicker. From what I had seen it looked nicer than a bill envelope. Fancier.
I headed into my sitting room which was also
doubled as my kitchen and flicked on the light. I tossed the envelope on
the kitchen table and went to the counter drawers to look for my envelope
cutter. I found it after only a second of looking, but had to put it down when
I heard my phone ring from my bedroom. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.
Who the hell would be calling me at half three
in the morning on a Friday night?
"Aideen," I said out loud and headed
in the direction of my bedroom.
Aideen Collins was my best friend. She was the
closest thing I had to a sister and I loved her dearly, but she had her moments
when she royally pissed me off. Ringing me at half three in the morning was one
of those moments.
When I got to the phone in my bedroom and
pressed answer, I said, "You’d better have a good reason for ringin' me at
this hour Aideen Collins or I am goin' kick seven shades of shite outta
you!"
I heard a deep, rumbling chuckle.
"She does have a good reason, so you
don't need to kick any shade of shit out of her," a male voice replied, it
made me jump with fright because I wasn't expecting it.
"Who are you? Where is Aideen? Why do you
have her phone?" I asked then gasped and shouted, "If you have hurt
me friend in any way I'm goin' to fuck you up!"
The stranger laughed this time and said,
"Is that a promise, kitten?"
Ex-fucking-cuse me?
"Where is Aideen? You better tell me
right now or I'm gonna-"
"Fuck me up? Yeah, I got that part,"
he chuckled again then before he could say anything else I heard a different
male voice speak. I asked you to ring the girl's friend, Alec. What the hell is
taking so long?"
I mentally made a note of the name Alec incase
I had to call the Guards.
"I'm talking to her friend, but I haven't
been able to tell her the point of my call. She is too busy threatening to
'fuck me up' if I have hurt the girl," the lad who called me laughed.
I was mad and also scared as to where Aideen
was and who these foreign guys were. I knew they weren't Irish or even English
- their accents sounded too different - but I couldn't pinpoint where they were
from because there was a lot of background [J9] noise. It sounded like music.
"Just tell her what I told you to say so
she can get here already," the second lad said to the one who called me.
The lad who called me sighed and said,
"Keela, I'm calling to let you know your friend Aiden was in a fight and
we need you to come pick her up. She told me to call you."
"Her name is Aideen not Aiden, it's pronounced Ay-deen," I said then
widened my eyes when I comprehended the rest of what he just told me. I
screamed, "Is she okay? What happened? Who hurt her?"
"Calm down, hellcat. She is fine, we just
need you to come and collect her. I'll explain everything once you get
here."
"Where is 'here'?" I snapped as I
moved around my room pulling on my vans. I grabbed my car keys from my bedside
table as I held my phone to my ear with my shoulder.
"Playhouse Nightclub, it's right beside
the Tallaght bypass-"
"I know where it is, I'll be there in
five minutes," I said and hung up on him.
I gripped onto my phone and car keys as I
closed my bedroom window. I told Storm to stay put, but it feel on deaf ears
because he didn't move an inch or even wake up. I ran down my hallway and
unlocked the locks and the bolt on my door then flung it open and sprung into
the corridor. I closed my front door, locked it, then ran like a bat out of
Hell down the hallway, down four flights of stairs and out into my apartment
complex’s car park. I sprinted towards my car and only realised I was in my
nightdress when the cool breeze hit me and made me shiver.
"Fuck!" I snapped as I unlocked my
car, got into it and started the engine.
I didn't think of changing clothes, just about
getting my shoes on and then getting out to my car. I wasn't going back inside
to change; I had to get to Aideen and make sure she was okay before changing
clothes even became an option. It was okay though; I didn't show off any
valuables. The nightdress was just a little short, it was black so I didn’t
have to worry that it was see through, at least I got lucky with that. The
weather was good tonight as well, it was cool but not windy or raining. I would
just have to hold the hem of my nightdress down when I got out of my car to
keep it from rising up incase I had to run anywhere.
I pulled out of the car park and straight onto
the main road and headed towards the nightclub[J11] . I was wide awake
now, but the stinging in my eyes didn't go amiss. I had only been asleep for
four hours before Mr. Pervert woke me up, but before that I hadn't slept in
twenty-seven hours. I worked in my local supermarket, Super Value. I was broke,
and I needed all the hours I could get, so yesterday I worked an eleven hour
shift and instead of going straight to bed when I got home, I dove straight
into writing and pulled an all-nighter.
I always had a passion for bringing the
stories in my head to life on paper or on a laptop screen. I only ever dabbled
in silly little things here and there, never a full length novel. Luckily
Aideen - literally - gave me the kick up the arse I needed and said I should
just 'go for it' because I wouldn't know if my writing would be a success if I
never put it out there. After that wake up call, which was three weeks ago, I
knuckled down and started writing my very first book. Yesterday, even though I
was shattered, I was completely in the zone and just had to write. I had so
much inside me for my story that if I didn't get it out of my head soon I was
going to explode. So I wrote, wrote, and wrote some more. The lack of sleep and
the stinging in my eyes from staring at my laptop was kicking my arse now
though because I felt like death, and I was pretty sure I looked the part too.
When I came to a red traffic light I pulled
down my visor and looked in the little mirror and winced. Scratch that, saying
I looked like death would have been kind. The sclera around my green eyes
looked like a road map to Hell, that's how bloodshot they were. My fiery red
hair was slightly greasy, and pulled up into a disastrous looking bun. I
glanced down at my long bare white legs and shook my head.
Why did I have to be so tall?
If I were shorter, this nightdress would be
longer and less exposing!
I was a bloody mess!
I angrily pushed my visor up when the traffic
light changed to green and sped to the location of the nightclub Aideen was at
with these men. I got there in less than five minutes because the green lights
were with me, and there was little to no traffic on the roads thanks to the
early hour. I turned into the nightclub car park entrance and looped around
until I saw two huge males looking down at a small woman sitting down on the
path a few meters away from the nightclub's entrance. It was Aideen, I just
knew it. I parked my car across from them, jumped out, and slammed my door
before I took off running towards Aideen.
When the noise of my feet hitting the pavement
could be heard both men looked up at me, but didn't say anything as I reached
them. When I was next to them, I dropped down to my knees and pulled Aideen
into a hug. I ignored the slight stinging in my knees from the concrete ground
digging into my skin and held Aideen tightly.
"Are you okay? What happened?" I
asked then pulled back from the hug so I could look at her.
Aideen looked back at me and I gasped at the
sight that greeted me. She had a small cut over her eyebrow and her right jaw
was swollen.
"Some bitch jumped on me," she
grumbled.
"Who?" I snapped. "I'll fuckin'
kill 'er!"
I was surprised that I sounded like I could
actually follow through with my threat.
I was not a fighter.
Not. At. All.
I have been in one fight in my entire life,
and that was only because my younger cousin Micah punched me in the face when
we were kids to see if my blood was blue. She told everyone I was an alien from
outer space with blue blood and the only way to prove I was a human was to
punch me and make my nose bleed. I agreed because I didn't think it would hurt
that much - I was wrong, very wrong, because it hurt like hell.
After Micah punched me and red blood streamed
from my nose and we confirmed I was in fact human, I jumped on her because I
was in so much pain and decided that she needed to be punished for hurting me.
Instead of dishing out a hiding, I received a black eye and a chipped tooth.
Micah kicked my arse, and it was the first and only fight I have ever been in.
Regardless of my inability to bring the pain, if anyone hurt Aideen or Storm, I
would go Bruce Lee on those fuckers.
That was a cold hard fact.
Aideen smiled at me and pulled me in for
another tight hug. "I know you would, but I just want to go home now. Can
I stay with you?"
Was that a serious question?
I shook her. "Of course, you bloody
eejit."
Aideen laughed and so did the males who stood
over us. I don't know how, but I forgot they were next to us. I quickly stood
up and pulled Aideen with me. She wasn't exactly drunk, just a little tipsy, so
I didn't have to balance her or anything, but I still kept a tight hold on her
just in case.
"This is Alec," Aideen said and
lazily pointed to the man on the right who was openly looking me up and down,
"and Kane." I tightened my hold on Aideen when I looked to Kane, the
man on the left. He was just as tall and as muscular as the arsehole who was
looking at my body, but he was scary looking. He had a large scar that curved
around the left side of his mouth and some claw like scars going from his right
temple and down through his eyebrow leaving gaps in the hairs like they were
styled that way.
"Hi," I said lowly and avoided
direct eye contact.
"Kane came to my rescue when Alec's
girlfriend hit me," Aideen said and smiled at Kane, who smiled right back
at her.
"She was my lay for the night, not my
girlfriend... and I apologised for her actions," Alec said with a sigh.
I ignored Alec, the eejit who just spoke, and
looked at Kane when he smiled and felt myself instantly become relaxed. He
didn't look scary when he smiled like that. I frowned though when the rest of
what Aideen said settled in my brain and before I knew it I let go of Aideen
and shoved Alec in the chest as hard as I could. He wasn't expecting it so when
I shoved him he lost his balance and fell back onto his arse with a grunt.
"That is for your bird hurtin' me friend
and if I find out who the slut is I'm goin' fuckin' kill 'er!" I bellowed.
Aideen pulled me back by the arm and begged me
to stop while Alec looked up at me with wide eyes before he looked to Kane, who
stared down at him also with wide eyes and his mouth agape. A few seconds
passed until they both burst out laughing like what just happened was the
funniest thing ever. I saw red and tried to go for Alec again, but Aideen moved
herself in front of me and pushed me back by the shoulders.
"I told you bro, she is a fucking
hellcat!" Alec cackled as he gripped onto Kane's outstretched hand and was
helped to his feet.
Kane continued to laugh as he shook his head.
"I wish the twins saw that, Dominic would have helped her hit you while
Damien recorded it."
I had no idea what or whom they were talking
about, but I pointed my finger dangerously over Aideen's shoulder at Alec and
snarled at him.
"Keep laughin' pretty boy, and I'll
scratch up that face of yours!" I warned.
Alec stepped forward, a grin tugged at his
mouth. "I'm finding myself highly attracted to you right now. Would you
like to come home with me since you're already dressed for bed?"
I dropped my jaw in shock, and so did Aideen,
who spun around and shoved him in the chest, but didn't manage to knock him to
the ground. "Knock it off! I appreciate you both helpin' me, but I won't
have you treatin' me friend like she is one of your clients, Alec. She is a
good girl!"
Clients?
What the hell did that mean?
Alec grinned at Aideen before he flicked his
eyes to me. "Oh, I'm bettin' there is a bad girl deep inside her
somewhere. I'll just have to use my fingers, mouth, and cock to bring her out
to play."
What. The. Fuck?
"Who the hell do you think you are?"
I snapped.
He grinned and gave me a wink as he said,
"Alec Slater, your next - or only - great fuck."
Was he for real?
"You're about to be Alec Slater - murder
victim - if you don't shut that hole in your face!"
Kane cracked up with laughter as he reached
for Aideen's arm and pulled her into him and away from me. "Please, don't
interfere. I've never seen a female, besides Bronagh, backtalk him like this
before," he said to Aideen then brushed her blonde hair out of her eyes;
the action caused her to melt into a puddle by the way she sagged into him.
I rolled my eyes at her then looked to Alec,
who had inched closer to me, before I growled, "Try touchin' me, and you
won't ever be able to have kids. I'm warnin' you."
Alec grinned and folded his arms across his
board chest; it caused all his muscles that I could see to contract and tense.
He settled on staying put, but openly raked his eyes over my body, mainly my
legs, and it made me feel very uncomfortable.
"Stop lookin' at me you dirty
bastard!" I growled.
Alec flicked his eyes up to me. "Why
would you come outside dressed like that if you didn't want people to look at
you?" he asked.
I clenched my hands into fists and took a step
towards him. I had to tilt my head back a little bit because he was a lot
taller than my five foot ten inches and when I realised that I felt
intimidated, but I was not ready to back down.
"I came outside dressed in me nightdress because me friend needed me and
gettin' dressed didn't cross me mind when you rang me, you eejit."
He flashed his teeth at me when he smiled.
"You sound like my bro's girl, she calls me an eejit a lot."
I looked him up and down; my lip curled in
disgust. "She must be kind 'cause there are a lot of words that would suit
you much better. Batty boy would be two of them," I snarled then turned in
Aideen's direction and found her kissing Kane. Not just smooching, she was
completely necking on with him. I walked forward, grabbed her arm and tugged
her, not so gently, next to me.
When she was next to me I squeezed her arm and
snarled, "Do you not remember the stranger danger film we watched when we
were in school?"
Aideen gave me an are-you-serious look before
she snickered and shook her head. "They aren't dangerous. Kane saved me
from danger."
I pointed over my shoulder. "Yeah, and
batty boy's bird put you in danger so let’s go."
"I get the feeling that you're calling me
gay," Alec said from behind me.
I set my jaw and continued to tug on Aideen as
she frowned over my shoulder and said, "She is callin' you gay, but she
doesn't mean it as an insult or anythin'. She's not homophobic, she just said
it because she hoped it would piss you off."
Seriously?!
"You aren't supposed to tell him that,
Ado!" I snapped.
"Ado? I like that nickname," Kane's
voice purred from my right.
He pronounced Ado so proper.
Ay-doh.
I pushed Aideen behind me, ignoring her
complaints as I fixed Kane with a glare that wavered the longer I looked at
him. "Listen, thanks for helpin' me friend after she got hurt, but she
isn't goin' to thank you with some personal pole dancin' so give the flirtin' a
rest."
Kane raised his eyebrows as he looked over my
shoulder and asked Aideen, "You're a stripper?"
"No, I am a teacher," Aideen
scoffed. "'No pole dancin' means no shaggin'."
Kane laughed then. "Your friend is
banning you from having sex with me?"
"Yes," Aideen and I said in unison.
"And you're going along with it?"
Alec asked Aideen as he rounded on us and leaned back against the same car Kane
was leaning on.
They looked like a pair of fitness models and
noticing that pissed me off.
"Yeah," Aideen sighed. "She is
pretty big on no sex with strangers and... so am I."
Kane’s eyes bore into Aideen and then he
smiled as he said, "Pity."
"Uh huh," Aideen agreed with a sad
sigh.
I rolled my eyes and said, "I'll stop off
at the shop on the way home and buy you some batteries for your vibrator to get
you through the night. You will be grand."
"Keela!" Aideen gasped and smacked
my arse, it made me yelp and jump.
Both of the lads laughed at what I said and
shook their heads as they continued to look at us. I got annoyed and said to
Aideen, "Maybe they could apply to Pervert 'R Us, they fit the bill with
those stares."
Aideen laughed and smacked my arse again.
"Excuse me?" Alec said.
Aideen was snickering as she said,
"Keela's neighbour, Mr. Doyle, is a man who stares a lot so she named him
Mr. Pervert and imagined him bein' the CEO of a company called Pervert 'R
Us."
I narrowed my eyes when the two hyenas started
laughing again - they seemed to do that a lot.
I angrily reached behind me and grabbed
Aideen. "We're leavin'. I have to go home to Storm."
"Storm?" Alec questioned.
"Storm is her-"
"Boyfriend," I smiled as I cut
Aideen off and gave her a go-along-with-me look. She looked back to me and I
could see the amusement in her eyes as she nodded her head and looked to Alec.
"Storm is pretty protective of her,"
she said.
Alex cocked an eyebrow. "If he is so
protective then how come he let you come out here alone while dressed like
that?"
He made it sound like my nightdress was
skimpy!
I snarled and made a move forward to set him
straight but Aideen put herself between Alec and I before saying, "Storm
is very hard to rouse durin' the night. He probably didn't even hear her leave,
but he is still a great... lad."
I inwardly snorted.
"Yeah, and he will kick your arse for
even suggestin' we have sex!" I stated.
Alec popped his head around Aideen and grinned
at me. "I'm a lover, not a fighter."
Good news!
"You better back off then because one
more crude comment and I will fuck you up, never mind
Storm!" I snarled.
Alec bit down on his bottom lip and grinned at
me, I knew he was thinking crude things, so I glared at him which made Kane snort.
"Can we keep her? I like hearing someone
put you in your place, the fact that she is a female is even better. You don't
affect her bro; you're losing your touch." Kane chuckled and playfully
shoved Alec when he settled back beside him on the car they were leaning on.
Alex continued to grin at me as he spoke to
Kane, "It's still early, don't shoot me down so quickly, bro."
"I'll fuckin' shoot you," I murmured
making Aideen snort as she reached for my hand.
"This has been... interestin'. However,
Keela is right, we better get goin'."
"Thank you, Jesus," I cheered making
Kane snicker before looking to Aideen.
He grinned at her and said, "I guess I'll
see you around, Ado."
I narrowed my eyes at him. "I'm the only
one allowed to call her Ado."
Kane flicked his eyes to me and smiled.
"I like you."
I flushed but forced myself to stand up
straight as I said, "Well, I don't like you or your pervey friend-"
"Brother. I'm his pervy brother," Alec cut
me off making Aideen snicker.
I shoved her and glared at Alec before I
looked back to Kane, who still looked at me with an amused expression. I
cleared my throat and said, "I don't like you or your pervy brother. You're both clearly
nothin' but trouble if the people you pal around with attack girls for no
reason. You're both very fuckin' rude as well!"
I turned and grabbed Aideen's hand and took
off walking away from the brothers and in the direction of my car.
"What? No goodbye kiss? Now who is being rude!" Alec's voice
called out after us making Aideen cackle.
I grunted. "Fuck you," I shouted
without turning around.
"Name the time and place, kitten,"
Alec called back which caused Aideen to break out in a full on laugh.
Kitten?
I fumed in silence as I all but hauled Aideen
across the dark car park and into my car. "Name the time and place,
kitten," I mimicked Alec's voice which caused Aideen to laugh harder as
she buckled her seat belt.
I buckled my own seat belt then started up my
car. I pulled out of the space I was in and quickly drove out of the car park.
I don't think I calmed down enough to breathe normally until we were on the
Tallaght Bypass.
"Can you believe him? What a fuckin'
dick!" I spat.
Aideen snorted. "I found that entire
conversation hilarious."
I shook my head. "Well you shouldn't
have. Look at your face, Aideen!"
Aideen sighed. "I know, but it honestly
wasn't their fault. We were just havin' a good time when out of no where this
girl jumped on me."
I gripped my steering wheel so tight that my
knuckles turned white.
"Why were you even with them?" I
spat.
I wasn't angry with her, I was just angry that
she got hurt by some bitch.
"I wasn't even with them. Tonight was the
first time I met them. I was out with Branna. Tonight was a small twenty-first
birthday party for Bronagh. Branna left early with Ryder because he wasn't
feelin' very well. Bronagh is still inside the club with her lad, Nico, and her
friend, Alannah. I was sat with Kane and Alec when a drunk girl came over and
accused me of bein' Alec's latest shag. Alec laughed at the girl, but didn't
deny it, so she jumped on me."
I grunted.
Branna Murphy was Aideen's friend and has been
her friend since they were in preschool. Aideen is a few years older than me so
she has known Branna longer than she has known me. I'm a grown woman, I'm not
at all jealous of their friendship. Branna was cool after all. Her sister
Bronagh was great as well, I was two years older than Bronagh, who turned
twenty-one today. I had been invited to go out with everyone tonight but my
body was beat, so I declined the invitation.
My thoughts calmed me down enough for me to
loosen my grip on the steering wheel but I still shook with anger. "You
should have let me punch 'em."
Aideen chuckled then lifted her hand to cradle
her face. "You would have broken your hand! Did you see how big he
was?"
I grunted and nodded my head. "His
brother was even more muscular. Do they live at the gym or somethin'?"
Aideen snickered. "Branna said they have
a gym in her house. 'Member I told you she moved in with Ryder and the oldest
twin, Nico, moved in with her sister?"
I nodded my head.
"Branna didn't just move in with Ryder,
she moved in with Alec and Kane as well. She said there is a gym room where the
sittin' room should be and that they all work out a lot. You should see Nico;
he’s twenty-one and the lad is ripped. He is a fighter or somethin'."
I glanced at her wide eyed. "Why the hell
are you hangin' around walkin’ tanks, Aideen?"
Aideen burst into a fit of giggles which made
me grin even though I was mad.
"They are lovely - big and scary - but
lovely."
I shivered when I pictured Kane's face,
calling him lovely was not a word that I would use to describe him.
"How do you think Kane got those scars on
his face? They are kind of severe."
Aideen sighed. "I've no idea what
happened to him but he is still gorgeous!"
"You like his accent as well,
right?" I questioned.
Aideen purred, "Oh, my God. I could
listen to him talk all day! He could make wet by just sayin' ‘Hello’!"
I rolled my eyes. "I swear you think with
your dick."
Aideen cackled. "You mean vagina?"
"Yeah, I mean vagina, but sayin' dick
sounds better."
Aideen continued to laugh then hissed a little
and covered her face with her hands. I glanced at her every so often during the
five minute drive back to my apartment complex. I parked in my usual spot, then
myself and Aideen got out of the car, and after I locked it, quickly scurried
across the car park and into my apartment building. We took the stairs two at a
time until we got to the fifth floor where my apartment was located. I opened
my hall door with lightening like speed because I didn't want to be caught by
Mr. Pervert again dressed in just my nightdress.
Luckily, we got inside with no one seeing us.
Aideen and I then went into the bathroom where I got out my first aid kit while
she pulled her dress off then pulled down her underwear and sat on the toilet.
I was opening an antiseptic packet when I
glanced up at her through the mirror and snorted, "Do you reckon lads do
this?"
Aideen opened her eyes and lazily smiled at me
as she said, "Willingly go to the toilet with another lad in the room?
Nah, they would call each other gay."
I chuckled and looked back down to the first
aid kit while Aideen finished up on the toilet. I turned when the toilet
flushed and waited for her to wash her hands before I began cleaning her face
up. She was four inches shorter than me now that her heels were off, so it made
holding her head still a lot easier.
"OW!" Aideen suddenly hollered which
earned a bark from my bedroom.
"Go back asleep you fat shite!"
Aideen shouted when I swiped the antiseptic wipe over a small cut above her eye.
I hissed at her, "Leave him alone, he
isn't fat. He just has a thick coat!"
Aideen laughed through her hissing.
"Yeah, a thick coat of blubber."
I gave her a firm look. "Don't slag me
baby when I'm cleanin' you up. Me finger might slip and jam into your eye."
Aideen gave me a wary look and closed her
mouth which made me inwardly grin as I finished cleaning up her face. When I
was finished, she went into my bedroom to get some of my pyjamas [J16] to
wear while I went into the kitchen to get a glass of water. I turned on the
kitchen light then moved to the sink and filled up a glass and quickly gulped
down the water. I looked to my left and noticed the envelope Mr. Pervert gave
to me earlier, still unopened on my kitchen table.
"Storm, get off the bed... or at least
move over!" Aideen's voice shouted from my bedroom.
I roughly rubbed the back of my neck and
sighed. I glanced at the envelope once more before I shook my head and walked
over to the kitchen light switch and flipped it off. I turned and walked towards
the sounds of growling and shouting coming from my bedroom and decided that
dealing with Storm and Aideen was enough for one night.
Whatever was in that envelope could wait until
morning.
AUTHOR BIO
L.A. Casey was born, raised and currently resides in Dublin, Ireland. She is a twenty two year old stay at home mother to an almost two year old German Shepherd named Storm and of course, her four and half year old (the half is apparently vital) beautiful little hellion/angel depending on the hour of the day.
Her first novel, Dominic, was released on March 17th, 2014, and on March 21st, 2014, it became an international Amazon bestseller.
Her first novel, Dominic, was released on March 17th, 2014, and on March 21st, 2014, it became an international Amazon bestseller.
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