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Chapter 140
"Good evening ladies," Dexter smiled as he strutted into the parlour.
Valkyrie followed behind, shaking her head. He was only messing, she knew, but at the same time, it was sort of embarrassing. Maybe that was the point, Valkyrie pondered.
"Hi Dexter," Nadia responded. She was smirking slightly, looking at her friends, especially Fleet, who seemed as if she might combust. "How was your morning?"
"It was lovely thank you," he said, throwing an arm around Saracen in the most casual way. Fleet knees shook. "We've been going over house plans with Valkyrie. She claimed you don't need a large wardrobe."
Valkyrie rolled her eyes. "It's the size of a bedroom."
"It's perfect," Nadia said snootily.
"It's ridiculous."
"But the point is, she's given us the go ahead!" Dexter grinned and Fleet squealed.
Valkyrie had to roll her eyes. "Okay, that's enough. Stop torturing her."
Dexter laughed, which immediately made Fleet giggle, let Saracen go and stuck his hands in his pockets. "Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you."
"Oh my God," Valkyrie muttered, sitting on the sofa with a huff.
Charlotte sat neatly next to Valkyrie. "It's alright. She's always like this."
Nadia snorted a laugh. "Yeah, an embarrassment."
The girls laughed and teased Fleet, but she took it all with a laugh and even made some jokes back until they were all comfortable, even the men who had sat around with them. They spoke for a while on the plans the girls had, which included an early night because they were all tired from their travels and wanted to acclimatize to the country quickly, and that they planned on going to Dublin, having 'at least one meal out a day' and a few other activities over the next four days they were there. For the week they were staying, today only counted as a travel day, then there were the four days they talked about and on the sixth day they were travelling home. It would be a tough week for Valkyrie because she was already so used to curling up in bed with Nadia, but she was also glad Nadia got to have time with her friends. At any rate, she had to finish her own plans while all that was going on, so she wouldn't be a part of much of those activities.
"Should we order in then?" Dexter asked, snapping Valkyrie from her thoughts.
The girls quickly agreed and Erskine was quick to throw the menus they had on the table. Valkyrie sent a text to Tanith and Solomon and a few minutes later – the girls were distracted with arguing about a takeaway claiming to serve both Chinese and Cantonese and questioning if it could be authentically both while serving what seemed to be only typical Chinese takeaway – the two walked in with little Laila.
"I am starving," Tanith stated and almost threw herself onto the ground to look over the menus. "What are we thinking of?"
The girls looked up from their argument and all immediately awed at the child. Valkyrie, who had quickly stolen her godchild, faced the baby to look at them.
"She's so cute!" Charlotte squealed. Being seated next to Valkyrie, she was the closest and got to stroke Laila's cheek. "I love her."
Valkyrie laughed. "Yeah, she's pretty cute. And I think we're having some of everything, Tanith. They can't decide."
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