Aideen (Slater Brothers) Read Free Page B

his throat and focused on his brother.
    “Heya, Dame.”
    Damien looked over his shoulder to me and winked, “Hey beautiful.”
    Kane rolled his eyes, but said nothing as I smiled at his baby brother. He fully accepted that I was head over heels for his brother, just like I was for the rest of the Slater brothers.
    “Dame,” I whispered.
    He looked back to me and smiled as I wiggled the fingers on my left hand at him. He shook his head for a few seconds, not understanding what I was up to until he saw the ring. His brow furrowed together and his lips parted.
    He jumped up and spun around to look between Kane and myself with his mouth hanging open.
    “Shut the fuck up!” he shouted after a long stretch of silence
    Kane burst into laughter, and so did I.
    “You guys ! Is this for real?”
    I bobbed my head up and down, my smile stretching from ear to ear. “We’re engaged. He just asked me before you walked in. I obviously said hell yes.”
    Damien’s shock was evident, but so was his happiness for us.
    “Congratulations,” he choked out before rushing forward and wrapping his large arms around me, squeezing me tightly.
    When he released me, he dove for Kane. He cursed him out as he began hitting and kicking him as he lay in a mess on the sofa in laughter.
    “Three of my brothers are engaged, there is just Dominic left to ask Bronagh,” Damien said when he got to his feet.
    I smiled. “It’ll happen.”
    “I thought it would have happened when we were teenagers, but I can feel him doing it soon. He worships the ground that girl walks on.”
    I hugged my fingered ring to my chest and looked at Kane. “As soon as the girls get here, I’m startin’ to plan our weddin’.”
    Kane swallowed. “Do I need to be heavily involved? I mean, you know I’ll do anything and I want to be involved, I just don’t understand the importance of flowers and colours and such. I don’t want to do or say the wrong thing.”
    I snorted. “Honey, you just need to show up and say I do.”
    He snapped his fingers at me. “That I can do, babydoll. Deal!”
    I grinned and walked out of the room towards the bathroom so I could shower. As I undressed, turned the shower on and waited for the water to heat up, I let my mind drift.
    It was hard to believe that Damien was home only six weeks. Even if I tried, I don’t think I could ever forget the day when he walked back into his brothers’ lives, and dived right into my heart.
    He made one hell of an entrance.

 
     
    Six weeks ago...
     
    “Oh, my God,” Kane breathed in disbelief. “Oh, my fucking God.”
    I was right there with him, I couldn’t believe who I was seeing.
    I reached for Kane, but instead of a hard body, my fingers grasped at thin air. One second Kane was beside my bed, and the next he was across the room lifting his little brother into the air, which wasn’t an easy task because Damien was like Nico, he was massive in stature.
    “Nice to see you, too.” Damien laughed when Kane set him back on the ground.
    Kane held him out at arm’s length, stared at him for another long moment then crushed him with another hug.
    Damien wheezed and slapped at Kane’s sides. “Can’t... breathe.”
    I laughed, but winced in pain.
    My throat hurt so badly.
    “Damien!” Kane repeated out loud and touched his face like he was trying to check if he was real. “Fuck. Little brother, you’re here.”
    Damien beamed and nodded. “I’m here.”
    Kane shook his head in disbelief. “How are you here? I mean, I’m not complaining, I just don’t understand what is going on right now.”
    “Dominic called me last night and told me what happened. I got on the first flight out. I landed about an hour ago and came straight here.”
    Kane rubbed his face with his hands. “The others don’t know you’re here?”
    Damien shook his head. “No, I didn’t tell Dominic in case I couldn’t get a flight.”
    Kane exhaled a big breath. “Shit. He’ll kill you for not telling