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His mouth quirks up in an amused smile. “That would be the sensible thing to do.”
“And if we ran off and got married, we wouldn’t be able to have a big wedding with our family and friends. We wouldn’t get to do all that planning, or have an engagement party, or anything like that.”
“Nope,” he says. “It would just be me and you.”
My heart is beating so fast that it’s almost hard to breathe.
“Just me and you,” I repeat.
7
CHASE
My brothers are all looking at me like I’m out of my mind.
Not that I’m surprised. If one of them dropped the kind of bomb I just dropped, I’d think he was nuts, too.
“What do you mean, you and Lolly are getting married this weekend?” Sean asks. “Lolly, as in, yourtenant?”
I nod. “A lot has changed in the last few days.”
The four of us are at the Frost & Fire, our go-to restaurant when us Reynolds boys get together. As it has for the last few weeks, Christmas music is jingling overhead. But our usual table was occupied, so we’re sitting in a booth this time—which means we’re all squished into a smaller space together and there’s no escaping my brothers’ incredulous eyes.
“I knew it,” says Wyatt, shaking his head. “Iknewyou had feelings for her. But this is…wow. I don’t know, man. It’s pretty nuts.”
Meanwhile, Mason’s eyebrows are so furrowed that they’re nearly touching. “I’m sorry.What?A lot has changed in the last few days, and now all of a sudden you’re getting married?This weekend?!What the hell are you talking about, dude?”
“I know it sounds crazy,” I admit.If only they knew that I wanted to marry Lolly yesterday. It was her idea to wait so we could invite our families to the courthouse.“I know it seems like it came out of nowhere. But what you guys don’t know is that I’ve been fantasizing about this for years. Lolly’s had my heart the whole time.”
“But why the hell are you two getting married so fast?” Sean asks, his face still full of disbelief.
I shrug. “We both know what we want, and we don’t see any reason to wait.”
I can tell that my explanation isn’t convincing my brothers. I understand why it’s so shocking to them, but I don’t know how else to explain myself. If they could only witness all the emotions and thoughts I’ve had over the last three years with Lolly living in my house.
Guess it would have been a good idea to tell them about it before today.
“This is insane,” says Sean, reaching for his beer. “All three of you have taken our pactwaytoo fucking seriously.”
“I’m not marrying Lolly because of the pact,” I say, my voice taking on an edge. “Don’t even suggest that.”
Sean rolls his eyes. “If you were so in love with her before, why didn’t you do anything about it until now?”
“I didn’t think I could!” I roar.
“Jesus! Calm down, Chase.”
“No. You know what? I’m pissed off,” I say, shoving myself out of the booth. As I rise to my full height, I look each of my brothers in the eye. “I expected you guys to be shocked. But I didn’t expect you to all be so unsupportive.”
Wyatt reaches for my arm. “Chase, we’re just concerned that you’re getting caught up in your feelings for her.”
“Oh, and you didn’t get caught up in your feelings for Macy? You basically got engaged after two seconds together, too, dude! And I was a hundred fucking percent supportive of you!”
“Chase—”
“Nope. I need some space right now.” I throw some money on the table and storm away from them. I know this isn’t going to solve anything, but right now, it’s what I need.
And so I leave the Frost & Fire. I get in my truck. And I start driving just to fucking drive. I don’t know where I’m going, I just keep my hands gripping the wheel and my foot on the gas and my jaw held tight.
