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Arnie clears his throat and throws me a wink before beginning his own vows.
“Cara, from the moment I met you, I knew–”
BANG!
The chapel doors fly open with an almighty crash.
A ferocious-looking man bursts through the door and storms down the aisle toward us.
Arnie moves instinctively, stepping between us. But I still watch in horror as the intruder continues to approach, undeterred by Arnie’s own fury.
Connor’s face is almost the same color as his hair.
“I fucking object!”
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Arnie
I could have died a happy man the second Roisin walked into the chapel.
There hasn’t been a single moment that we’ve been together that I hadn’t thought she was beautiful. But today, she looksexquisite. Like she was carved out by the gods to remind us all of our pitiful humanity.
No one on the planet has ever looked as beautiful as she does today, and I must have been the luckiest son of a bitch to ever live when she agreed to this crazy ceremony.
We’re so close. So impossibly close to having everything we could ever want. Everything I never thought possible to even dream.
Which is why I’m about to murder Connor Maguire in cold blood.
“Get out of here, Connor,” I don’t even remotely attempt to hide the implied threat.
In my peripheral vision, I can see Jack analyzing the situation intensely, ready to make his presence known when necessary. Kate looks like she’s ready to spill some blood.
“You shut your goddamn mouth,” Connor snarls back at me.
I clench my fists.
But my beautiful bride places a gentle hand on my arm. “What are you doing here, Connor?” she drawls as if already bored by his presence.
“What amIdoinghere?!It’s my sister’s fucking wedding to my best fucking friend, and you didn’t even bother to invite me?”
“I’m sorry,” Roisin retaliates sarcastically. “Did you suddenly decide to stop treating Arnie like shit? Go after the fuckers that burned his house down instead of your petty little revenge? Oh, I don’t know. Did you break off your partnership with myabuserin the last forty-eight hours?”
“You are talking about things you don’t understand,” Connor hisses back.
I crack my neck. “No, I think she understands perfectly.”
“Don’t even get me started on you.” Connor points an accusing finger in my face before turning to the officiant. “This wedding is canceled. Roisin, come with me.”
“I think the fuck not!”
I watch in satisfaction as Aimee steps out into the aisle to confront her brother, too. The moment he registers her presence, his face turns an even starker shade of red.
“SHEgot an invite?” He all but spits on the floor.
“Sheisn’t acting like a goddamn infant, Connor.” Aimee snaps straight back at him. “What the hell do you think you’re doing here?”
Connor’s eyes dart between his two sisters fast enough that I wouldn’t be surprised if he got whiplash. “I don’t give my blessing,” he states petulantly.
