On His Bended Knee by Shanae Johnson

Author:Shanae Johnson [Johnson, Shanae]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Those Johnson Girls
Published: 2018-10-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Dylan straightened his tie. The knot was perfect. The ends hung even.

The color brought out his eyes. He knew this because his mother had told him so when she'd bought it for him before he'd left for the army. She was always conscious of details regarding his outer appearance. But she had never once looked into his eyes and saw anything but the hue.

He yanked the knot and began the process over again.

He gave a gruff response to the knock at the door. Reed poked his head in the door. His grin preceding him as his prosthetic arm spread the door wide. Behind Reed, Sean slid into the door. He was sure to present the right side of his face, hiding the scars on the left.

"Man, you really cheated us not having a bachelor's party," said Reed. "We could've made a quick trip to Vegas."

Reed crossed his prosthetic arm over his chest. Unlike Dylan, he was not one to shy away from showing it.

Sean gave Dylan a full smile. With the injury on his face creasing into deep grooves, the smile spread deep into his skin.

"Being the good friends we are," Reed continued, " we do come bearing gifts."

"We'll take over your chores for the next couple of days," said Sean. "So you can enjoy your wedding night."

Both men waggled their eyebrows and made juvenile lewd gestures unbecoming of men their age and rank. Or so Dylan thought. The good humor fell from Dylan's face.

"It's not that type of marriage," he said.

The eyebrow waggling ceased. Both of the men's mouths dropped open in confusion. Their loss reminded Dylan of Sugar, Maggie's diabetic dog that didn't understand why he was constantly denied treats.

Sean and Reed looked at one another, then back at Dylan.

"It's a marriage of convenience," said Dylan.

"Maggie looks really convenient to me," said Reed.

Dylan narrowed his gaze at the man.

In response, Reed held up a plastic hand, metal glinting from his forearm. "For someone that's looking for convenience, you sure have a lot of feelings when it comes to this girl."

"I hardly know her." Dylan turned back to his tie, doing a quick and efficient knot and leaving it at that.

Sean turned to Reed and addressed the other man as though Dylan wasn't in the room. "Ramos told me he nearly bit his head off yesterday when he caught her talking to him," said Sean.

"Yeah, and I've seen the way he carries around her dog like it's their kid," said Reed.

Dylan knew if he denied it any further, the men would just keep ribbing him. So instead, he pulled on his jacket and headed for the door. The sounds of snickers followed him out of the room.

The ceremony was to be held in a gazebo near the pond. The three of them rode in a golf cart across the ranch to reach the area. Fran and Xavier had already set up chairs and a few Christmas decorations. It wouldn't be the wedding of the season that his mother and ex would've planned for him, but they had done their best.

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