My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0818

Shaking my head, I turned without another word and stormed out of the fitting room. I took the two strides across the hall to Jessica's fitting room and knocked on the door, folding my arms across my chest.

"Jess? You in there?"

There was a muffled thump in the fitting room, followed by the sounds of someone rustling around. Finally, the door cracked open to reveal one bewildered blue eye peeking out at me.

"What's up?"

"You know this isn't working, right?"

Jessica paused, her full face coming into view as she cracked the door open a little wider. I knew she had heard everything and I knew, considering the fact that we had been here for hours already and that the frustration between the two of them was only mounting, that she felt the same way.

"But... tradition..."

two traditional?"

was trying to fit into this role of the perfect bride, falling victim to old superstitions. But I also knew that she knew that I was right; she and Lori had never

they could pave

sighed. "I know," she whispered.

out!" Lori's muffled voice called out.

my gaze and smirked. "Mine is awful, too, you know," she called out. "Maybe we should just laugh

was a silence, and I could practically hear the gears turning in Lori's head. Then, Lori called

unable to keep the laughter

closed in the front. Her hair was a tousled mess of curls, escaped from its updo, and there was a light sheen of

okay? I know this dress isn't... oh." Her words trailed off as her eyes fell on Jessica

in the sight of her fiancee as if she had been dying of thirst. "You look...

see the pleased smile tugging at her lips, the blush spreading across

them, cradling Jessica's face in her hands. "Jess, you're so... beautiful," she murmured, punctuating the last word with a lingering

watched them, a wave of pure happiness for my friends washing over me. I was