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“Please, take it. Is there a number I can call for you to pick us up?”

He nods and hands me a business card, “Call the number on the back, it’s my personal number.” He waves and leaves us on the curb. I groan when I look at the steps that lead into the glass and steel building. There’s like a million of them. There are workers going around and shoveling the snow off of the sidewalk, and I thank my lucky stars when I see Nolan heading down to us.

“Hey! I was waiting for you guys. I’ll help you up.” I nod at him and gladly take his arm as we slowly ascend. The girls already made it inside by the time we step up to the doors and I sigh with relief when the warm air envelops me. “The ceremony starts soon, do you need anything?”

I shake my head, looking around at the extravagant décor. Everything is gorgeous. Silver, pink, and gold. Landon and Blake meet us at the doors and we all find seats. The guys are all dressed to the nines. Black suits, gold bow ties. Apparently we’re all matching since the girls and I are wearing gold dresses.

The girls are sitting behind us, whispering to each other about the cute younger guys they saw working the event.

I shake my head as I lean back and get comfortable. I’ll have to keep an eye on them tonight.

“Are you staying at the Four Seasons tonight?” Nolan murmurs and I glance over to him and nod.

“Yeah, James booked it for us. The girls and I are staying in a suite.” I giddily smile at him.

Nolan groans and glares at me. “They were fully booked by the time I called. He must have booked it weeks in advance.”

I stick my tongue out at him and he rolls his eyes. “It’s a suite. There’s probably a pull-out couch if you want to crash, but I’ll probably leave a lot earlier than you will.”

He frowns at me, “I don’t mind leaving early. Or you can always tell the front desk to let me up when I arrive. Or stumble in...”

I chuckle and we quiet down as the officiant steps up to the microphone, holy crap it’s starting. Logan is actually getting married.

The first man that asked me out from the team. He’s such a damn good guy and I’m so happy for them. And I’m also so glad Bianca is good friends with me, even with my past with her almost husband.

“Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. The ceremony will begin in roughly ten minutes.” He waves and steps back, smiling at everyone as they get seated. I glance around, waving and smiling at everyone I know. The whole team showed up, even the coaches and their wives are here, sitting a few rows up.

“Whatever works for you, just don’t wake me up. I have enough problems sleeping as is,” I whisper to Nolan, continuing our conversation.

He wraps his arm around me and Landon glares at him when he accidentally knocks into his shoulder on his other side. “I’ll be quiet.” He whispers in my ear and I chuckle against his chest as I lean my head against him. So warm and comfy.

The ceremony is about to start when I see James and Alex walk in, sitting on the other side of the room. I lean forward to wave at him and I watch as he slowly smiles at me and waves back. Alex is wearing a sleek, long emerald green gown. With her hair and eyes, she looks incredible. Meanwhile I look like a hippo that squeezed into a gold dress.

Landon and Nolan both lean forward to get a look at Alex and Landon tenses beside me.

“What’s her name?” Landon grinds out between his clenched teeth and I blink over at him with a frown. I place my hand on his arm, holding him back so that he can’t jump up and hulk smash or something. He looks like he’s ready to cause some trouble.

“Her name is Alex. I’m not sure what her last name is.”

He snorts and shakes his head, leaning back in the uncomfortable chair that looks like it is barely holding his weight. His green gaze darkens and he looks like he’s about to jump over all of these people. “Yeah… I don’t think so. Is her mother a makeup artist and jewelry designer with her own makeup lines?”

I furrow my brows and look over at the girls sitting behind us, waiting for them to reply, of course they’re listening. Alyssa nods and sighs, “Yeah, her name is Alexandra Miller. She goes to LA a lot for her mom’s business or something.”

Landon barks out a laugh and closes his eyes, his blonde hair flopping onto his forehead. “Oh my god, this is classic. I’mnot going to cause a scene at a wedding, but no one ever said anything about the reception or the hotel room.”

I cock a brow at him and tilt my head. “I take it you know her?”

He guffaws sarcastically as the music begins, leaning closer to my ear. “You can say that. She went by Drea when she was my girlfriend. She’s the one I found in bed with her ‘brother’.”

I gasp and cover my mouth with my hand. “Oh my hell… and no one ever met her when she was with you?”

“No, she pulled the same shit. Barely left the house, traveled all the time. She told me she wasn’t into sports and just wanted alone time with me. Never wanted to meet my friends. Never wanted to attend games. I did some digging and all of the ‘trips’ she went on to see her ‘mother’ were actually other men flying her around the states. That’s where her money comes from… her mom cut her off a while ago. She has all these ‘sugar daddies’ and that’s how she affords her crazy expensive lifestyle.”

I shake my head and watch as the bridesmaids and groomsmen start to glide down the aisle. I see Logan already standing by the officiant and try to pay attention to the ceremony. The bridesmaid dresses are a gorgeous pale pink, the flowers are white and purple.

I can’t wait to see Bianca’s dress.

“You need to tell him,” I murmur and just shake my head. I can’t believe this.

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