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e bucket on a stand. "I'm only having one glass, though

al champagne glasses and handed

eadboard-banging

colded her, but my li

u haven't even shagged yet. What if he's aw

t of my nose. "Jesus, Lay! You talk about me not making a mess of my makeup and then say something like that to me. An

hung like

turn to sno

e both hid our giggles

m and glanced curiously between us.

t dissolved again. "Nothing, Dad,"

"The car's here for you." Bloody hell, it w

ritory, where, across the river and to the south, belonged to the Cornells, and the Gilligans had the more upmarket area of Islington and Nort

r dominance, and while we did our best not to step

he city for themselves. Their crime family had been growing stronger, month on month, making both us Wynters and the Cornells more vulnerable. The on

d over on our side of the city instead of the Cornell's. Harvey said he didn't care where the actual wedding took place, s

edly, it wasn't as though it was even outside of the city, but it was the other side of the river, which felt like another part of the world. We didn't go there-or we

ly need a car

hink I'm going to have a daughter of mine walk

sn't stupid. I knew the hotel we lived in, and all the other businesses he had around our corner of the city, were just a cover-up for his main bu

money he earned and was

to my wedding dress, they were al

ayla asked me. I smiled an

? With two of London'

ch, waiting for my arrival

he remainder of

erignon vintage and costs four hundred quid a bott

me sooner," she quipped. "I

one could be mad with Layla for long.

ll, but I needed to stay sharp. I didn't want to make a

to me, and I slipped

to the lobby. The doorman hurried to open the large glass hotel doors, and we stepped out onto the

vehicles. A couple of my father's men had directed

assic Rolls-Royce had ribbon running down the long bonnet. Despite

, but that didn't mean anything in England. One thing we could re

e fine once this part was over, I told myself. It was just the thought of standing at the front of a church with everyone staring at me that was maki

e bed