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“I’m Duncan,” the other one said.
“They’re my brothers,” Chase clarified.
Now that he mentioned it, I could see the resemblance between them. They had dark hair and green eyes and looked like they spent all their free time at the gym—either that or they had amazing genes.
“Duncan, I heard you’re going to walk my sister down the aisle tomorrow,” I said. “Thank you.”
“It’s my pleasure.”
“It was a tough call between me and this one.” He put a hand on Chase’s shoulder. “But since he’s the best man, she’s stuck with me. Between the two of us, I’m the best choice.”
I laughed. “Hm, well, based on our meeting in the airport, I tend to agree with you.”
Duncan frowned, and Griffin stared at me.
“What do you mean?” he asked.
I grimaced. “You didn’t tell them, huh?”
“No,” Chase replied in a low voice.
“Oh... when they said famous, I assumed that—” Chase had said he appreciated me not outing him to Blair and Josh, but when Duncan knew me, I thought Chase must have said something to his brothers.
“They know who you are because you’re Blair’s sister,” Chase responded.
“Tell us what?” Duncan asked.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to rat you out," I apologized. "I didn’t tell my sister or Josh.”
“We’re still waiting to hear what happened,” Griffin said.
Chase shrugged, pointing between us. “We met in the airport.”
“Let me guess,” Griffin said. “He made you wish you were getting on another plane?”
I jerked my head back. “Yeah, that. Exactly.”
Griffin chuckled. “To his defense, he’s had a shit week.”
“I don’t need any of you coming to my defense,” Chase said.
“I disagree,” I replied, batting my eyelashes. “You need all the help you can get. You didnotmake a good first impression.”
“That’s not his forte,” Griffin said. “Truly, I don’t know one person who’s met him and liked him from the get-go.”
Chase took the three ice bags the bartender handed him and shoved one in each of his brothers' arms. “Stop talking. Go back with the ice.”
“To his defense,” I jumped in, “I was also egging him on.”
“He has that effect on people,” Griffin informed me.
“See you around, Hannah. It was nice meeting you.” Duncan tipped his chin at me.
“Yeah, you too,” I said.
The second they left, I looked back at Chase. The man needed some teasing, and I was up to the task.
“Are you sure you’re related to them?” I asked.