Chapter 43

Alina: “You’re not going to a bachelor’s party?” Erick nearly spat out the whiskey he had been drinking. “You want me to hang out with my best buddies in a strip club and feed off the dancers?” “Well, when you put it like that… ” It was too late. I noticed Erick’s wicked grin and the twinkle in his eyes. “We don’t have a bachelor’s party before the wedding, but we do have a get together after, by the time you would have met everyone else and become friends with a few. I can already tell that you would be inseparable from Jordan’s wife. She’s from one of the noble families too, and she’s a hurricane. You’ll like her a lot.” Surprised at my own jealousy, I crushed the urge to ask more about her history with him. Why was I suddenly jealous of a woman who I had never met and on top of that, already married? “You’re concerned about what you learned today, aren’t you? About why you were chosen as my bride.” I stared at him wide-eyed. “How did you know?” “It’s written all over your face. You’