Page 70 of Love to Hate You

Charlie laughs and I frown. “Watch it, sis,” I say.

“I’m stealing your fiancée,” she says and grabs Charlie’s arm, pulling her away. As they launch into girlie wedding talk, Tanner comes over and slaps me on the back.

“Congrats, bro,” he says. “I never thought I’d see the day.”

“Thanks,” I say and see Sawyer and Crew walk up behind him.

“What exactly are you referring to?” Sawyer asks and takes a sip of his beer. “The Beckett siblings all in the same room together again or Nash growing a heart?”

I’m on the verge of telling him to go screw, but I bite my tongue. I want to make amends with Sawyer. We’ve never seen eye to eye and have nothing in common except a mutual dislike for our now deceased father. “Glad you made it, Sawyer,” I say and extend my hand.

He arches a brow then reaches over and warily shakes it. “You think I’d miss this circus? No way.”

“It is weird,” Crew says. “All being together again.”

“All being together again and not fighting,” Tanner clarifies.

“The night is still young, brothers,” Sawyer says with a smirk.

I struggle not to roll my eyes. Sawyer has always been a pain in my ass, and I swear to God, if he isn’t on his best behavior tonight, I will beat his ass. For Charlie’s sake, I’m not going to let anyone ruin this party.

“We should probably get together next week and go over some business things,” I tell them.

Sawyer groans. “Why? I already told you I’m not sitting behind a desk all day and I have no interest in TB Tech.”

“Before you decide to sell out, think things through thoroughly,” Tanner advises him.

“My mind is 95 percent made up, fellas. I never wanted to be a part of Dad’s company, so why would that change now?” Sawyer asks.

“Because Dad’s gone and now, I want to hear what you think. I value your input,” I say. Sawyer’s brown eyes widen at my candid response. “Dad didn’t give us that chance, but I will. This company is ours and even though I’m running the day-to-day stuff with Charlie, that doesn’t make any of you any less important. You can be involved as much or as little as you want. We’ve also been talking about changing the name.”

“To what?” Sawyer asks, voice laced in surprise.

“The company isn’t just about our father anymore. It’s about all of us. I was thinking of simply calling it Beckett Technology but wanted to run it by you guys and Sierra first.”

“Appreciate it,” Tanner says and both Crew and Sawyer give me a nod of approval.

“I like it,” Sawyer says.

“Yeah, it has a certain ring to it,” Crew agrees.

“Okay, let’s see what Sierra says. That was one of the things I wanted to discuss at the meeting.”

“I’m sure we can all make time to be there,” Tanner says and looks pointedly at Sawyer.

“I guess,” he says, though he doesn’t look too happy about it.

Just as I’m about to see what day works best, Alex walks up and joins our circle. “So, how it feels being an engaged man?” he asks.

When I turn to my friend, my brothers wander off, escaping from the business conversation. “Pretty amazing,” I admit. “Bet you never saw this coming.” I gesture around at all the decorations and Alex smirks.

“Maybe not quite this soon after you told me you weren’t looking for a serious relationship.”

“What can I say? When you know, you know.”

“Jackie and I love Charlie. I still can’t believe she’s the same woman that you used to bitch about all the time.”

I hold a hand up. “Don’t remind me.”

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