I ignored him and nodded my head to Aideen.

"Guess who I ran into last night."

Aideen chewed on her lower lip for a moment then guessed, "Micah?"

I shook my head and said, "The bastard himself."

Aideen gasped. "No!"

"Yes."

"Dude."

"I know."

"Wow."

"Yup."

"When you say you ran into him, do you mean literally or-"

"Literally."

Aideen snorted. "I expect no less from your clumsy arse."

I grinned. "Do you want to hear the best part of the run in?"

"There is a best part?"

I smiled. "Oh yes."

Aideen frowned. "Spit it out then, don't leave me suspense."

I cleared my throat and said, "Alec threatened to kick his arse if he didn't stay away from me. Jason was pissed, but you should have seen his face when he found out Alec was a Slater. It was priceless! He was all like, 'You're with a Slater?!' He practically spit when he said Slater."

I burst out laughing and slapped my leg in delight.

"You should have recorded it, I would pay good money to have seen his face!"

I nodded my head. "I'd love to see it again."

"Eh, you will. Whenever he sees you with Alec, he will get a stupid angry look on his face and it serves the usin' bastard right."

I snapped my fingers. "Amen, sister."

"Oh man, I need to hang out with some guys," Alec groaned from my left.

I looked at him as he scrubbed his face with his hands.

"So leave, I'm not keepin' you next to me."

Alec looked down to my legs that were resting over his. I raised my eyebrows because I was shocked, I didn't even notice that I put them there.

"You're my leg rest it appears."

Alec looked at me, his blue eyes shining. "I don't mind."

"Oh my God. Puke. You're more attractive when you're bein' a dick."

I chuckled and looked at Aideen who was now yawning.

"Late night?"

Aideen shrugged. "It's nearly ten in the mornin' here, but I didn't get to sleep till around five. Storm kicked me to death last night and no matter how many times I pulled him out to the sofa, he always snuck back into the room. Your dog can open doors Keela, that's fucked up."

I chuckled. "That's me baby."

Aideen rolled her eyes then widened them as she looked past me and Alec.

"Oh, shite."

"What?" I asked.

"Look over your shoulder."

I furrowed my eyebrows, but did as Aideen said and looked over my shoulder. I instantly hunched down when I spotted who Aideen had spotted.

"She has her cousins with her from her ma's side, I can't face her with them there."

Aideen's face came closer to the camera. "You can, and you will. You have Alec and he has your back, right?"

I looked to Alec, expecting him to back me up, but his head was turned in the direction of my cousin.

"I'm guessing that's Micah? Damn, she looks nothing like I thought."

I shoved him. "Hey, pick a side, hers or mine."

Alec held his hands up in the air when he turned back to me. "Yours, always yours."

"Oh my God. You're so cute that it's disgustin'."

Alec looked at my phone and touched his chest with his hand. "Thank you, Aideen."

Aideen pumped her eyebrows. "Anytime, hot lips."

I groaned. "Both of you shut up, what am I goin' to do about Micah?"

"Say hello," Aideen said then scratched her neck.

Huh? I know I wanted to get seeing everyone out of the way, but why did I have to be the one to say hello?

"What? Why would I say hello to Micah?"

"Because I'm standin' behind you, cuz."

I dropped my phone to my lap and froze.

Micah was behind me.

Holy fuck, Micah was behind me!

"Aren't you goin' to give me a hug, cuz?"

I cringed as I forced myself to get to my feet. I hung up on Aideen, and even though I knew she would give me shite about out about it later, I had to because Aideen has no filter when she speaks. She also hates Micah so it was guaranteed that she would have at least cursed at her and I didn't want that because I was the one in close quarters to her.

I blew out a breath as I turned to face Micah.

I was glad that I was wearing sunglasses because Micah wouldn't have been able to see the way my eyes widened when I saw her. She looked incredible; her hair was as red as mine, her skin was lightly tanned, and her figured was fucking amazing.

"Hey Mi, you look great."

I leaned forward and put my arms around my younger cousin, giving her a squeeze.

"You too Kay, you lost weight."

I flushed. "Yeah, a bit."

Almost three stone, but who's counting?

"More than a bit, you were huge when I last saw you."

I set my jaw. "Yeah, I know."

Micah smiled. "I'm glad you could come, Kay. I know this might be awkward for you after everythin' that happened but I'm glad you're here. I know Jason is too."

Yeah, we know why he is happy I am here, the dirty bastard.

"I'm happy too, we can put all that happened behind us."

Lie.

Micah's two cousins chuckled then which earned a smirk from Micah.

"Your ma said you were here with a boyfriend. Where is he? I'd like to meet him."

Oh, fuck yes!

I could tell she thought my mother was lying about me having a boyfriend - her tone and smug look gave it away.

I was on the verge of bursting with joy when I stepped to the left and turned to my side, gesturing to Alec as I did. He was turned around and watching my encounter with Micah, but when I moved and gave the girls a clear view of him, he stood up from his sun chair and turned to face us.

He had on a pair of knee length shorts and that was it.

Seeing him shirtless would usually irked me, but right now I couldn't have been happier with him being half naked.

"This is Alec Slater, me boyfriend. Alec, this is me cousin Micah, it's her weddin' we're here for."

Alec smiled, his dimples creasing his cheeks, and I took the opportunity to look at Micah and her cousins. I wanted to do a happy dance because the three of them of them stared at Alec with their mouth's hanging open.

He'd rendered them speechless.

Success!

"Ladies, nice to meet you."

Silence.

I looked down as I smugly smiled.

This was fucking perfect.

I looked up as a throat was cleared.

"I'm Kerry, and this is me sister, Clare. We're Micah's cousins from her ma's side of the family.

I flicked my eyes to Kerry Brennan, then to her twin sister Clare. The Brennan twins weren't identical, but the bitches were both blessed with pretty as can be genes. They both had huge tits as well.

"Nice to meet you both, I'm this little one's boyfriend."

I smiled when Alec put his arm around my shoulder and pulled me to his side.

I chuckled when I looked at Micah who was flicking her eyes between myself and Alec, the shock plain as day on her face. "Alec Slater, as in Dominic and Damien Slater's brother?"

"Yeah, they are my little brothers."

Micah's eye twitched. "I went to school with your brothers."

"I know, they told me all about you... so did Bronagh."

I bit down on my lip when Micah's face went red, but not with embarrassment, with anger.

"I see, well, it's nice to meet you. I think I've seen you around me estate a few times, it's good to meet you in person, thanks for comin'."

Alec smiled. "No prob, I'm happy to be here. Congratulations by the way, marrying your high school sweetheart, that's cute."

Cute.

I snorted, but covered it up with a cough.