Alec

"Yes."

Dominic took another step back. "I'm keeping my mouth shut, I know how violent women can be when their 'babies' are talked about."

Bronagh snorted and said, "You're so subtle, you can't even tell you're talkin' about me."

I snickered a little when Nico pulled a face at Bronagh over my shoulder. I moved my eyes to Alec when he walked towards me and then stopped directly in front of me to look down at me.

I cleared my throat. "Can I help you with somethin', lanky?"

Bronagh laughed which made me grin and Alec smirk.

"Nope, just want to get an idea of how short you are. You're tiny."

I gasped and shoved him in the chest. "I'm five foot eight, that is tall for a girl!"

"I'm six-four, to me, you're tiny." Alec grinned.

Bronagh huffed from beside me. "Oi, stud! If five-eight is small to you, what does that make me?"

Alec flicked his eyes to her and grinned. "A very pale smurf."

She dramatically gasped, and it made me laugh.

"You're lucky I'm turning over a new leaf otherwise I'd kick your arse!"

Alec held up his hands and smiled. "I mean no harm."

Bronagh glared at Alec until she passed by us with Tyson and headed back inside the kitchen.

"I'm not that small, am I?" she asked Dominic who was right behind her.

"No pretty girl, Alec doesn't know what he is talking about," Nico replied making me smile as they left the kitchen together along with Tyson who was still in Bronagh's arms.

"He knows when to agree with her," I commented.

"He should, they’ll be together for three years next month."

"Long time," I murmured.

"Yeah."

I looked at Alec who was directly in front of me, but I had to take a step back instead of tilting my head all the way back just to look up at him.

"I'm goin' to get a crick in my neck lookin' up at your lanky arse if you keep gettin' that close to me."

Alec waggled his eyebrows at me. "I could always massage you."

"You mean massage my neck?"

"Yeah, your neck, too." He grinned.

"Thanks, but I'll pass, Casanova."

Alec chuckled then sighed when Kane called for him.

"Be right back."

"Okay... send Aideen in to me, will you?"

Alec nodded as he went back into the house. I went back inside and retook my seat at the kitchen table and stared into my half full cup of cold tea. A minute or two passed by until I heard Aideen's loud sigh.

"Where have you been?"

Aideen shrugged. "Talkin' with Kane."

I raised my eyebrows, but Aideen said nothing more about Kane or what they talked about.

"I'm hungry."

Shocker.

"We can go to Eddie Rockets when we're done here if you want?"

Aideen licked her lips. "Sounds good, but why can't we leave now?"

I shrugged. "Alec said he wanted to come with us so he could see where I lived."

Aideen frowned. "Why?"

"I honestly have no idea," I replied.

Aideen huffed and folded her arms like a chastised child, after a minute of listening to her grunting and mumbling to herself about how hungry she was, I snapped.

"Aideen, stop it!"

Aideen jumped with fright then reach over the table and slapped my arm. "Don't do that, I almost wet meself."

I laughed at her and rubbed my stinging arm. "Sorry, but please stop givin' out, you are the one who wanted to come here."

Aideen sighed. "I know, and I'm sorry. You know how childlike I get when I'm hungry."

I nodded. "Trust me, I know."

Aideen stuck her tongue out at me making me chuckle as I lightly nudged her with my arm and waggled my eyebrows. "I thought you would want to stay longer since Kane is here."

Aideen pursed her lips and shook her head. "I must have been off my head last night for even thinkin' about havin' sex with him. He is hot as hell, but he is way too cocky for my likin'."

I raised my eyebrows. "Really?"

Aideen nodded her head. "Yeah, when you were in here talkin' to Bronagh and the lads, we were in the gym room and he asked me to come up to his room so he could fuck me. I mean, seriously? When is that ever okay to just come out and say that to a lady? I must have really given him the impression I was a slut last night."

Well yeah, you were all over him like a bad rash.

I blew out a large breath of air. "What did you say to him?"

"I told him I was a lesbian and the only reason I came onto him last night was because I thought he was a butch girl."

The fact that Aideen said this with a straight face and a dead serious tone caused me to burst out laughing which in turn made her laugh.

"You did not!" I gasped through my laughter.

Aideen nodded her head. "I did."

I fanned my face. "And he believed you?"

Aideen was still chuckling as she shook her head. "No, he didn't, but the longer I keep this facade up he will."

I wiped under my eyes. "You're mental."

Aideen shrugged. "You know that and I know that, everyone else will find out eventually."

I covered my face with my hands as my laughter started up again. I quickly uncovered my face a few moments later when a female voice was heard from out in the hallway.

"Bitches!" Branna's voice cheered as she entered the kitchen.

I looked to her and smiled politely while Aideen jumped up and bee lined for Branna to gave her a bone-crushing hug when she was near enough to do so. I winced at Branna's screech when she pulled back from the hug and looked at Aideen's face.

Aideen reached up and gently touched her face before launching into a recount of last night's events.

"I was so drunk I didn't even know, I'm so sorry!"

"Stop it, you were already leavin' with Ryder, it's not your fault."

Branna was fuming that Aideen got hurt, but found my interaction with Alec and Kane hilarious.

Branna glanced at me as I wiped under my eyes for the second time in the last few minutes.

"Are you cryin'?" she asked me, worry suddenly laced in her tone.

I nodded in Aideen direction. "Only with laughter, because this one told Kane she was a lesbian so he wouldn't chat her up."

Branna burst into laughter that made me snicker again.

"It was the only thing I could think to say at the time to throw him off."

I raised my brows. "Flat out tellin' him you weren't goin' to have sex with him was too hard to think up, was it?"

Aideen narrowed her eyes at me. "You're a bitch."

I shrugged. "That's true."

Branna snickered at mine and Aideen's banter and then nudged Aideen's shoulder. "I thought you told me in the club last night that you thought Kane was hot?"

Aideen sighed and moved towards the kitchen table with Branna. "He is hot, but I clearly gave him the wrong impression last night. I was obviously a little too forward with him and gave off a vibe that I was down to fuck, but I'm not. Now he thinks I'm a lesbian."

I laughed. "This is goin' to blow up in your face."

Aideen rolled her eyes. "It won't, I would make a brilliant lesbian."

"Do lesbians act a certain way or somethin'?"

Aideen shrugged. "I have no idea, but I'll just pretend I'm into the V and not the D. Kane will get the hint that I don't want his trouser snake eventually."

Branna and I burst out into laughter and it set Aideen off. After we calmed down, the growling from mine and Aideen's stomach could be heard which made Branna shake her head.

"I have to go shoppin' today, there is zero food in this house. I live with horses who inhale anythin' that resembles food, so I don't have much to offer," Branna said as she moved over to the fridge and opened it.

"I have small tins of tuna?"

I perked up. "I'll have a tin."

Aideen curled her lip up in disgust. "You're a knacker."

I grinned and shrugged my shoulders. I looked to Branna when she brought over my tin of tuna and a fork. I thanked her and pulled the pin off the tin and peeled the lid off.

"I love tuna," I mumbled as I filled my mouth with a large forkful.