You hear a stifled laugh as you draw the knickers up your legs. You are not alone after all.
You see over your shoulder that I am sitting in the adjoining room of the hotel suite, watching you changing into my daughter's bridal underwear.
The thick white lace waistband has reached your lower thighs and the satin beneath rests on your knees as you freeze in mortification.
You want to explain but you are still wondering how to begin when I interrupt. "Don't you think you should finish getting dressed?" I ask.
You do as you are told. When the lace is snugly around your waist and the satin runs between your legs you turn to face me and try to talk again.
The truth, you want to say, is that my daughter had allowed you to be the best man for her groom only on condition that she had "security", as she called it. She would only allow you to deliver the best man's speech if you were wearing her underwear - a secret she would only expose if you gave the newlyweds cause for embarrassment.
You had no intention of obliging her, but when you complained to the groom he instructed you just to do whatever she wanted. You settled on the idea that you would put on the camisole and knickers briefly for her pre-speech inspection and then covertly remove them again as soon as she was called away to talk to her guests.
The unlocked hotel room you slipped into for your quick change had seemed empty as you placed your suit on the bed and stepped into the knickers.