797 Kiss Or Snap
As the cars stopped at the mountainside resort, the others who had never been there gushed softly at the beautiful sight of the mountains and waterfall.
"This is so much more beautiful than I expected. Thanks for sharing this with us," Bryan said to Tom when he saw how speechless Sonia was as she looked around.
"You don't have to thank me for anything," Tom said, while Lucy eagerly ushered them in the direction of the yacht since she was very excited to show it off.
She stopped and gasped in belief when she saw the yacht which was once a plain white now had colors on it. Not just colors, letters.
The words "QUEEN LUCY" were boldly displayed in red.
She turned to look at Tom who was now grinning at her, "I thought I should name her on your behalf since you didn't seem to know you were supposed to name her," he said and Lucy smiled as she walked back to him and kissed him.
"Aww, that's so lovely," Andy said, while the others smiled as they continued to the yacht, leaving Lucy and Tom behind.
A glittering white sash at the entrance of the yacht welcomed the guests to Sonia and Bryan's bachelor bachelorette party.
Sonia was welcomed by a young man who handed her a bouquet of flowers, "This looks like a romantic dinner for many," Sonia said with a pleased smile when they got on the deck of Queen Lucy and met the men playing the violin on the deck with a wide glass banquet table at the center, filled with wineglasses in front of each seat, and there were candles at the center of the table.
"It looks more like a scene plucked out of titanic," Andy said.
"Thankfully there are no silly teenagers running around here, so I believe we are safe," Jade said and Candace snorted.
"Not with you and Harry here," Candace said and Harry chuckled.
"Do you really want to do that with me here? In the presence of your sugar boy?" Harry asked and Candace glared at him while Matt raised a brow.
"Good. I didn't think so," Harry said while Matt turned to Candace.
"Sugar boy?"
"He calls you that because I'm older than you," Candace explained and Matt scowled at Harry's back since he had walked past them.
"He is one to talk when he is dating the youngest amongst us here," Matt said and Candace giggled.
"The most childish too, if you ask me," Candace said and Matt chuckled liking that they were gossiping Harry together.
"Are you sure Lucas and the others would be able to locate this place easily?" Lucy asked and Tom nodded.
"Sure. I wouldn't build a resort in a place that isn't easily locatable, would I? As long as he follows the direction I sent him, he will find his way," Tom said as they joined the others.
"Let's wait to see if the others will join us within the next thirty minutes before we begin. So, until then, you can look around," Lucy said and everyone else went to take a look at the interior of the yacht while Lucy and Tom hung out at the deck.
Thirty minutes later, everyone returned to the deck, and no sooner had they settled down and were about to begin before Aurora and Philip arrived and joined them.
"Congrats on your engagement," Sonia, Lucy and Candace told her, and Aurora raised a brow when she noticed the way Matt was seated closely to Candace and holding her hand.
"Thanks. Don't tell me you are both officially an item now," Aurora asked with a grin, remembering all the drama at the anniversary party.
"Alright. I won't tell you," Candace said, and Aurora giggled.
"Aww. This is so cute. I guess we all are here with our partners," she said and Andy scowled.
"I suppose as the only single lady in your midst I should excuse you all then," she said and they all laughed.
"Aurora, meet Andy, my favorite sister-in-law to be. Andy, meet Aurora, the lady who almost snatched your brother from me and asked me to be her maid of honor when she marries my boyfriend," Jade said and they all laughed.
"I didn't almost snatch him. You hooked me up with him saying he was your old boring uncle, and he wasn't even your boyfriend," Aurora said and Philip scowled playfully.
"Don't talk about another man in front of me, baby," Philip said and Candace shook her head.
"Another clingy man spotted. It's like clinginess and possessiveness is a thing with the males in your group," Candace said to Harry.
"Says the one who couldn't stand her actor boyfriend kissing on a movie set," Harry said and Candace looked at Jade incredulously.
"I can't believe you told him that, you snitch!" She hissed and Jade raised a brow.
"And what makes you think I told him and not Andy?"
Before Candace could respond, Lucy used a spoon to hit her glass, "Ladies and gentlemen, I need your attention. Tonight is not about any of you. It's all about Sony—— soon-to-be Mrs Hank rather…" Lucy corrected and Sonia raised her wineglass to Lucy, making them laugh, "And Bryan. Tonight is a celebration of them both and their love, so I will appreciate it if we don't get distracted or make it about ourselves——"
"Why are you staring at me while saying that?" Jade interrupted with a frown when Lucy looked at her.
"Because of that exactly. She looked at everyone before looking at you, yet you're the only one interrupting her to ask her that," Candace said and Jade frowned.
"Why did she have to look at me at the exact time she made that statement?" Jade asked and almost everyone looked at Harry.
"Esquire…."
"They all keep picking on me," she complained to Harry.
"I wasn't picking on you. I was only addressing everyone. I'm sorry if you misunderstood me," Lucy said and Sonia looked at Jade.
"The beautiful thing about tonight is that I'm the first in this group to be getting married. That means whatever you do tonight is what I'm going to be doing at your bachelorette party too. So, everyone should act wisely," Sonia promised with a relaxed smile and Jade scowled at her.
"Can I go on?" Lucy asked, looking at Jade directly this time.
"Sure. I won't utter a word for the rest of the evening," Jade promised and Harry turned to her as he rose.
"Come with me, babe," he said, extending his hand to her and she took it.
"Please excuse us," Harry told the others before leading her away.
"What? Do you want to scold me for embarrassing you?" She asked as she followed him.
"You didn't embarrass me, and no I don't want to scold you," he said and she frowned.
"Then why did we leave the others?" She asked as he led her to one of the cabins.
"Because I thought you were upset and needed timeout," Harry said and Jade sighed as they walked into the cabin and Harry shut the door behind them.
"Lucy gave me a pointed look when she made that statement. How come she was looking at everyone else but chose to look at me at that point if she wasn't referring to me?" Jade asked and Harry faced her and placed both hands on her shoulders.
"Do you think you make things about yourself?" Harry asked and she frowned.
"Of course, not!"
"Don't you think responding the way you did sort of made it seem like you just made all of that about yourself?" Harry asked and she frowned.
"Do you think so?"
"Do I think what?" Harry asked and Jade shrugged.
"That I made that about myself?"
"I think you shouldn't have responded to what Lucy said since she didn't make any direct reference to you. So, what if it was a public gathering and not an intimate one like this, and the speaker looked at you after saying something unflattering? Would you interrupt that way?" Harry asked and Jade scowled.
"So, you brought me in to scold me after all. And you agree with them that I made that about myself. Couldn't you have taken my side and…. Ouch!" She hissed in annoyance when Harry finger flicked her forehead.
"Pay attention. I will always have your back. What happened out there was a girl thing between you and your friends hence I couldn't interfere. And it's not like anyone was outrightly rude to you…."
"Candace was," she hissed.
"You've known Candace longer than I have even though she is my sister. That is between the both of you. I won't get in the middle of that. And I'm not scolding you. You asked for my opinion and I'm only letting you know as the brilliant lady you are, you could have handled it better. Don't make any conversation be centered around you tonight. It's all about Bryan and Sonia unless you are asked a personal question. Can we stick to that?" He asked and she grudgingly gave him a nod.
"Good. I brought you here because I realized we haven't taken a photo together yet," he said and she raised a brow doubtfully.
"Really?" She asked and he nodded.
"Yes. That and also because I wanted to kiss you so badly. You look too beautiful tonight," he said and she giggled.
"Which should we do first? Kiss or snap?" She asked, and Harry grinned, satisfied that she was no longer sulking.
"Let's snap first. I don't want to ruin your lips," he said and she fluttered her lashes.
"I don't mind my lips or body being ruined by you," she said making him chuckle as he took his phone to takes selfies with her.
By the time they returned outside to join the others, Lucas, Jeff and Tyler had just arrived and Lucy was introducing Lucas and Tyler to Philip and Aurora since they were the only ones who didn't know them.
"And there is Harry, your very male cousin," Lucy said and the ladies giggled when they remembered how Lucas had mistaken Andy for Harry.
"Very male cousin?" Harry asked, wondering why he was being described that way and Andy explained it to him making everyone else who had not gotten the joke to laugh.
"It's nice to finally meet you," Lucas told Harry as he shook hands with him.
"Same here. I do hope we can hangout after the wedding," Harry said and Lucas nodded.
"Sure," he said with a grin.
"Why is Mia not with you?" Sonia asked Jeff after the guys were seated.
"And Amy. I thought you would all be coming together," Lucy said, looking at Lucas.
"Mia wasn't feeling well thanks to the rain. I even had to get her some medicine before leaving," Jeff lied, wanting to make sure it was believable to everyone especially Tyler.
Harry looked at Jeff, wondering if Mia was really ill or she was avoiding the party because she was made uncomfortable by their discussion the previous day.
"Oh, that's so sad. I was looking forward to spending the evening with her as the single ladies in the group," Andy said with a sigh.
"You don't have to be single if you don't want to be. I'm right here," Tyler said with a playful wriggle of his brow, and Andy giggled.
"I suppose it won't hurt to have you as my partner for the night. But only for tonight," she said and Tyler nodded eagerly as he took the seat beside her.
"And Amy?" Lucy asked Lucas again since he was yet to respond.
"Miley passed," Lucas said simply and understanding dawned on Lucy.
"Oh, dear!" Lucy murmured, feeling sorry for Amy.
"Let's talk about it later," she told Lucas, not wanting to ruin the mood of the party.
"Now that we are all here, let's get the party started. Soon-to-be Mrs Hank, and Bryan, I hope you both are ready to answer all our questions," Lucy said with a grin as she gave a nod to Matt to take over as the master of ceremony.
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