Fighting Love (Love to the Extreme) Read Free Page B

course you can stay here. I’m warning you, though, this place will
    be a madhouse for the next two weeks. We’ve got family coming in who decided to make our
    wedding a vacation trip. On top of that, Caitlyn is on edge. She’s pushing me to elope and call off
    the wedding. She’s so over the planning.” He chuckled softly. “But you are more than welcome to
    stay.”
    Tommy grimaced. Yeah, he wasn’t doing that to Dante. “You know, don’t worry about it; you
    have your hands full now.”
    “Are you sure?”
    “Certain.”
    “Well, just know the offer is open if you want to crash here.”
    “Will do. I’ll talk to you soon.”
    He went to hang up when he heard Dante’s, “Tommy. Wait a sec,” and he brought the cell
    back to his ear.
    “Yeah?”
    Muffled mumbling came across the line. He figured Dante had put his hand over the speaker.
    Then Dante came back clear. “Caitlyn just reminded me you never responded to the wedding
    invitation. She needs a final head count. Are you coming?”
    Tommy grimaced. A wedding. The last place in the world he wanted to be. But Dante had
    always supported him, so he needed to return the favor. “Yeah, I’ll be there.”
    “Are you bringing anyone?”
    “Julie, probably.”
    There was a moment of silence, where Dante’s mumbling came through again. “Are you her
    extra, then?”
    “What are you talking about?”
    “She’s already RSVP’d and checked the extra person.”
    Tommy blinked. She hadn’t mentioned that to him.
    “Well, put me down as attending.”
    “And a date?”
    He was sort of in between women right now. Not from lack of interest from them, just on his
    part. He wasn’t too worried about it. He figured he was still adjusting to the changes from the
    fallout. He’d get his groove back. “Nah. Just me.”
    “All right, then. Looking forward to seeing you, buddy. Been too long.”
    “Yeah. Me, too.”
    They said their byes and hung up.
    While Dante might be happy, Tommy knew his buddy’s wedding was going to be a bitch to
    face. He’d see people he hadn’t seen in months, which was why he hadn’t answered the invitation
    yet. He actually kept going back and forth about it. He’d been planning on bringing it up to Julie
    this week, but apparently she was already going, and with a date.
    Good for her. The woman worked too damn hard and didn’t play enough.
    It’d do her good to let loose a little.
    After he returned to the car, he climbed in, tossed the envelope on the dashboard, and said,
    “Well, you’re stuck with me.”
    She narrowed her eyes. “What are you talking about?”
    “I gave Dante a call to see if I could stay with him and Cait for a while. He said yes, but things
    seemed pretty chaotic with the wedding and all, so I figured I’d better not add to it.” He sighed.
    “I’d do a hotel, but—”
    “Shut up.” She groaned as she shoved her fingers into her thick brunette hair. “I already said
    you could stay with me. As long as you want. So just. Shut. Up.”
    “It could be a few days. Weeks, even.”
    “What part of ‘as long as you want’ don’t you get?”
    He smiled. Okay. He’d just try not to be in the way. “Dante told me you had a date.”
    She sort of jerked back and peered at him. “A date?”
    “For the wedding. I was going to ask you to go with me, but, you know, if you can get a little
    —” He waggled his eyebrows.
    She shoved him, laughing. “Jesus, Tommy.”
    “What? I can’t be excited about my best friend getting some action?”
    As far as he was concerned, she needed to get more of it. With her long, dark hair, expressive,
    hazel eyes and easy smile, Julie was a beautiful woman. He had little doubt men lined up to take
    her out. Her problem was her inability to freaking relax.
    “Unfortunately, I’m not getting any action. My date fell through.”
    “Well, that’s a bummer.” He winked. “I won’t be as exciting a date, but you can go with me.”
    She studied him for a minute,