Page 5 of A Different Husband

I shook my head. “I planned this wedding. Everything is paid for already. I may never get married again in this life, especially after what Beckett did. Let’s do this, so that I have these memories. At least my wedding will be with someone who cares enough about me to offer a real choice.”

“I will have your stipulations put into a contract, so you know I won’t go back on them.”

“I trust you, Flynn.”

“After what Beckett pulled, I am shocked you’d trust me, but I’m going to have it put in writing anyway because I have a feeling once the shock wears off, you’ll need it.”

“Thank you for looking out for me.”

“I will always look out for you, Court.”

“Why?”

“We’ve been friends a long time,” Was the answer he gave, but there was something in his eyes that spoke of somethingmore. I didn’t have the courage to ask questions though. The end of my rope had officially been reached when I realized that not only had Beckett been planning this for some time, but he had been the one to suggest it too.

Chapter 4

FLYNN - TWO WEEKS LATER

“What are you doing here?”I asked Beckett as I stood in the door, and didn’t offer him a chance to come into my place.

“I came to take you to your bachelor party.”

“My bachelor party?” I asked, completely taken off guard by the thought.

“You’re getting married in two days. Every man needs a bachelor party before he gets hitched.”

“My marriage isn’t real,” I reminded my cousin.

He shrugged. “Doesn’t matter. You still get a bachelor party. Besides, everyone is already waiting for us.”

“Everyone?” I was confused because the way Beckett was talking, this had been something that was already arranged and I should have known about.

“Well,” He hedged and then laughed. “It was supposed to be my bachelor party, but now it is yours.”

“I never got an invite before.” I hadn’t meant to say it out loud, but since I had, it took Beckett by surprise.

“Oh, I didn’t know. Maybe Grant forgot to tell you?” I could tell he was lying. Grant, one of the assholes Beckett worked with, wouldn’t have missed an opportunity to exclude me if he could.For some reason, I thought maybe I’d been left off the guest list for another reason.

“Look, I’m not really feeling a bachelor party, man. Go, enjoy without me.”

“Nope. We’re not taking no for an answer. Even your sister’s bestie will be there to hang out with you.”

“Ky is coming?” That wasn’t something Ky would have done for Beckett. I didn’t think they liked one another.

“Yeah. As soon as I told him that it was your bachelor party now, he said he’d be there. Your sister’s boyfriend couldn’t make it though. Something about a work trip.” Beckett shrugged his shoulders. It was honestly for the best that Law couldn’t make it. He wasn’t a big fan of my sister having a male best friend, so putting him and Ky in the same place, with alcohol, and where Bea wasn’t around to stop a fight would have been a horrible idea.

“I have to get dressed,” I told him. He pushed his way inside.

“I’ll wait.”

“Are you sure you still want to do this? It’s not too late to back out,” I called out to my cousin as I made my way to my bedroom.

“Hell no, I’m not backing out of a bachelor party.”

“I meant the wedding. Me marrying your Courtney. If you stood up and said you weren’t okay with this after all, she might forgive you.”

Beckett threw his head back and laughed. “Dude, you don’t know Courtney as well as I do. Trust me, the girl has been in love with me since we were in first grade. There isn’t a damn thing that will change the way she feels about me. This is just a momentary pause in our life-long relationship.”

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