Redeeming 6 (Boys of Tommen, #4)

by Chloe Walsh

“Hey, Johnny?” Ollie asked, strolling into the living room later that evening. “Are you going to marry my sister?” “Wait for it,” Gibsie snickered, nudging my shoulder as he tapped away on his PlayStation controller in front of a giant TV in the living room. “He’s going to start getting stroke symptoms.” Smirking, I paused our game with my controller and turned my attention to the terrified-looking rugby player. “Good question, Ols.” Right on cue, Kav’s breathing increased, and a bead of sweat trickled down his temple. “Ollie!” Shannon squealed, turning the color of her crimson sundress. “You can’t ask him that.” “But he bought balloons to play with you,” Ollie offered innocently. “And Joe says you only use those special balloons with girls when you want to marry them.” “I did say that,” I laughed, remembering back to a time when that awkward fucking conversation came up. In my defense, Ollie was eight at the time, and he’d caught me off guard. “A lot he’d know about using balloons,” Johnny muttered, looking rattled as he pulled at the collar of his shirt. “Bareback bollocky-Bill.” “Balloons?” Shannon asked, tone laced with confusion as she snuggled up on Kav’s lap. “What are you—” “Yeah, baby.” He gave her a meaningful look that said go with it. “Balloons.” “Oh.” Shannon’s eyes widened as awareness dawned on her. “Balloons.” “Balloons.” Gibsie choked out a laugh. “Ah, lad. I love this kid.” “Hold on.” Frowning, Ollie turned to look at me. “Do you and Aoife play with ballo...