Page 2 of Last Chance Seduction
She rolled her eyes at me.“Oh, Lexington.Are you getting my betrothed in trouble?”She wrapped her arm around Justin’s shoulder, and he leaned against her.The two looked so comfortable with each other, completely in love.And I was only a little jealous.Not of either one of them, but the fact that they’d found someone.Much like many of my cousins had.Maybe Gia would be the one.It could happen.
Maybe.
“I thought you were heading out?”Justin asked as he set down his empty glass.
“I am.I just wanted to say goodbye.”She looked over at me and winked.“Cover your eyes, Lexington.There’s about to be PDA.”
I laughed, and then jokingly covered my eyes.
There was a wet sound, and a little bit of moaning, and I groaned.“Are you two serious right now?”
Mercy threw her head back and laughed.“Okay, take this man home.Get him sobered up.We have a wedding to attend.”
“You got it.Where’s your ride?”I asked, looking around the emptying rehearsal hall.
Another woman with dark brown hair and pink colored lips came walking forward and stood at my side.Emily grinned before wiping her forehead with her arm.She’d been tired all day but I knew she worked long hours.“Don’t worry.I got her.I mean, my twin sister is getting married tomorrow.We have to do our ritual.”
“Do I want to know what this ritual is?”Justin asked with a snort.
“Is it a sexy ritual?”I teased, wiggling my brows.
Emily gagged, while Mercy just beamed.“You know it.I might be getting married tomorrow, but we do have to throw some herbs into a cauldron and dance around naked.”
“Well, why can’t we come to that?”I asked as I stood up to hug both of them goodbye.“I got this one, you guys take care of yourselves.We have to be here at eleven tomorrow, right?”
The twins laughed, but Nina came running up, panic etched on her features.“That’s when the wedding begins.I thought we went over the schedule today.”
I held up both hands, feeling bad that the frazzled wedding planner had overheard me joking.“I’m just teasing them.We had everything written down.You’re doing great, Nina.”
“Thank you, now everybody go get some sleep.We do not want dark circles tomorrow.”She squeezed everybody’s hands tightly, before running back to do something else.
“She scares me,” I whispered.
“One of our friends used her before.I kind of wish we would have used Claire, your friend, since Nina stresses lots, but my mother loved her.So this is where we are.”
“I will mention that to Claire,” I teased.
“Good, because one day I will get married, and I will need someone who doesn’t stress me out,” Emily whispered.
We laughed, parted ways, and I dragged the groom back to my place.The night went off without a hitch, with Justin passed out in my guestroom, and me alone in bed while I went through what seemed like a thousand emails on my phone for the business, and the constant group chats for the family.
I muted them often because there were so many.With dozens of cousins, let alone friends and other family, subgroup chats and big group chats were always there.And yet, nobody cared if we went on mute.Yes, we were always in each other’s business, but it was because we loved each other.We wereneedy, as my other girlfriend Carly had once said.I shook my head, pushing her out of my mind before I plugged in my phone and went to sleep.
The alarm came far too early the next morning, but I rolled out of bed with a pep in my step.Justin and I had coffee, ate breakfast, and then headed out to meet the groomsmen.Today was going to be a big day, and Justin looked nervous as hell.
“Are you doing okay?”I asked as we got ready in the groom’s suite.
Justin’s hands shook as he tried to tie his tie but he nodded.“Is it wrong that I just want to get this over with?”
“No, because that means you get to the wedding night,” one of other groomsmen said with a sneer, and I glared at the other man.
Before I could say anything though, Nina was there to tie Justin’s tie for him, and then she patted his chest.“You’ve got this.”
“I do.Thanks, Nina.”Justin smiled at her, before the wedding planner turned to all of us and held up both hands.
“You look amazing, let’s get this done.”Then she clapped her hands twice and led us out.
The place was all done up in golds and grays, which I wouldn’t have thought would look nice together, but somehow it was classy and soft at the same time.I stood up next to Justin, rings in my pocket, and went through exactly what I was supposed to do thanks to the rehearsals.My job was easy.I got to see one of my good friends get married to one of my childhood friends.I couldn’t ask for better.
