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..."

when are you two traditional?" I whispered,

I knew that she 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

not now. Now, they could pave their

she sighed. "I know," she whispered. "Do you think we

out!" Lori's muffled voice called out.

"Mine is awful, too, you know," she called out. "Maybe we should just laugh about it together, like we always

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

I said, unable to

clutching the skirt of her gown closed in the front. Her hair was a tousled mess of curls, escaped from its updo, and there was a

trailed off as her eyes fell on Jessica standing there in her dress. Lori's mouth dropped open, all hints of exasperation melting away

breathed, seeming to drink in the sight of her fiancee as if she had been dying of thirst. "You

I could see the pleased smile tugging at her lips, the blush spreading

her hands. "Jess, you're so... beautiful," she murmured, punctuating the last word with a

in my own eyes as I watched them, a wave of pure happiness for my