Free Resisting Destiny: Sullivan Brother's Book 3 - Cayson's Story (Resisting Love - Sullivan Brothers) by Chanta Rand Page A

wait up for me?” he entreated.
    She rolled her eyes.  “ Don’t hold your breath, counselor.”
    He smiled as he watched her exit. His fingers twitched thinking about how he’d had his hands all over her backside last night.  Oh yeah. He’d be there on time tonight. He set his the timer on his Blackberry for six p.m.  That would give him plenty of time to fight the traffic and arrive home at a decent hour.  He’d made plenty of promises to women.  Some of them he kept. Some of them he made only to get what he wanted. For the first time in a long time, he meant to follow through on this one.
     
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    It was amazing how much work Cayson could accomplish when he didn’t have a zillion interruptions. Byron picked up on his cranky mood and acted as a sentry, guarding the door to his office from the constant barrage of people who insisted upon meeting with him.
    He was working on a brief for a client when his oldest brother, Dane called. Cayson closed the door to his office and took the call in private.  “What’s up, bro? I haven’t heard from you in damn near a month.”
    “Through no fault of mine,” Dane answered. “You’re the busy attorney babysitting those plutocrats you call clients. Tell me something, do they pay you to wipe their asses too?”
    “ Only if I put it in their billable hours.”
    Dane howled with laughter.  “Thanks, kiddo. I needed a good laugh.”
    Cayson chuckled with him. “I bet you do. There’s nothing funny about ‘til death do us part.’ I heard Charly is dragging your ass down the aisle.”
    “ Yup. We’re doing it next month.”
    “ So soon?” Cayson propped his feet on the edge of his desk. Most people took months to plan a wedding. The bride wanted the perfect dress. The perfect venue. The perfect everything.
    “ We figured why wait? It’s the second time around for both of us, and we both know what we want.”
    “It s eems like yesterday when you brought her to Mark’s party and messed up my plans for your blind date.”
    Dane ’s deep laughter filled the line.  They could joke about it now, but the night it happened over a year ago, Dane was livid. Cayson learned not to set his brother up on any more blind dates. Besides, from the moment Dane met Charly, he didn’t have eyes for any other female.
    “ It’s been a year and a half.  And we’re practically living at each other’s houses now. We wanted to make it official.”
    “I have to admit, I never thought you’d date anyone after Nichole’s death, much less get married.”
    He heard Dane’s deep sigh.  “ Me either. The love I had for Nichole was deep, but it’s nothing compared to how I feel about Charly.  She’s everything I want in a woman. I mean, we have our arguments, and we get on each other’s nerves from time to time. But I can’t imagine my life without her.”  Dane paused.  “She’s my reason for getting out of bed every morning.”
    Cayson had never heard his brother utter such profound words. He wondered how it felt to be so connected to someone like that.
    What am I saying? I’m happy playing the field. I don’t need to be tethered to some ball and chain.
    “I want you to be a groomsman,” Dane told him.
    “I’d be honored.” This would be the second wedding he’d attended in almost as many years. He was the groomsman at Mark and Kendra’s wedding too. “The best part is that all we have to do is show up. The women do all the planning.”
    “ We’re having an island wedding. Going back to The Maldives where we met.”
    “ Wow! I hate to sound like a chick, but that’s really romantic, dude.”
    “ Yeah, I’m that kinda guy. Romance is in my blood.”
    “ Spare me your bullshit. Your idea of romance is chugging beers at the bowling alley.”
    “ Don’t underestimate the bowling alley. That was where I got laid for the first time.”
    “ Okay, I stand corrected.”
    “ But you were right. It was Charly’s idea to get hitched in The