Husband With Benefits-Chapter 622: Wedding

"What kind of joke is this supposed to be?"

Erasmi sighed, feeling the weight of his brothers’ stares, and cursed under his breath." Dam* it! All of his brothers together were formidable! But he was the oldest in age, if not in experience and he knew he needed to curb their curiosity right now, or else it would not bode well...

So, putting on his cold face, he raised an eyebrow and glared at them through the screen. "My wedding invitation looks like a joke to you people? At least I invited you unlike a few someones who only let us know after the deed was done!"

"Gabe looked away, unwilling to engage in this, since the accusation was true, while Demetri protested, throwing up his hands in surrender, ’Hey! I told you! It’s not my fault your brain was ’faulty’ at the time!’"

"Telling me doesn’t count. Did you tell any of these bozos? No! I am telling you all and inviting you to come to our wedding, next weekend! And don’t forget to bring gifts!"

"Erasmi Frost! You cannot get away with that. You will tell us what happened and how you are suddenly engaged to Ave Mercer. If you don’t, I swear we will come there and kidnap you! Don’t tell me you went Seb’s way and got her pregnant..."Gabe snapped, his eyes narrowing at the screen.

Erasmi rolled his eyes at that, "Gabe, you of all people should understand what needs to be done for a child! You’ve married Autumn for little Arabelle’s sake, haven’t you? Ava and I are already co-parenting Caius and we’ve become close friends. So, it was the next logical step. It will save Caius from being shuffled from one house to the other. Or being subjected to useless gossip."

That silenced everyone. They all knew and understood that Caius was the most important thing to Erasmi. In fact, Caius was the reason Erasmi had even come out of the walls he’d built around himself after recovering from his prolonged illness.

Yet, while everyone stayed quiet, it was Demetri who spoke up, "You can’t live your life solely for Caius, Eras. We love and care for the boy too. But we want you to be happy."

Erasmi sighed, "And I will find my happiness. I think Ava and I have a lot in common. She’s been through so many health issues, but now that she’s recovering, I think I’d like to be by her side. I enjoy her company, and I believe she doesn’t mind mine too much. At least she didn’t chase me away with a broom when I suggested marriage."

Ian snorted, "She ought to have! You know she’s out of your league. Poor woman is even stepping down for you." The comment lightened the slightly tense atmosphere. Each of them had their own thoughts about the marriage, but they kept them to themselves. They would just have to trust Erasmi and give him the benefit of the doubt, as they had to each other, to not be foolish and find his happiness.

"Alright. We’ll be there before the wedding. Have you made arrangements? At least arranged a surprise for the bride or something?"

"No. This is a practical marriage. We are holding it at home. In the back garden. The only reason we are holding the ceremony is also Caius. So, it’s just going to be all of you. Ava has no family so...Anyway, the girls have already started messaging Ava about her wedding dress and what not. It seems Dora and Arabelle are going to be flower girls."

Erasmi read the message on his phone as another beep sounded and looked up at the screen again," Demon, your wife says to let you know that they will need Gabe to volunteer to drive them halfway to us and Ava will be coming there to a bridal boutique tomorrow."

"Hey! These girls are much faster than us! Erasmi, are you sure you did not spill the beans earlier? Here we are still in shock and they are already organising a bridal boutique visit?

Erasmi rolled his eyes," Do I look foolish to you. We decided to do it at the same time. Ava called the girls and I called you all. But now your girls are messaging me nonstop... about being a douche for not giving them time to prepare a proper wedding, whatever that means."

"Hya! We can’t let the girls outdo us! Come on, guys, we need to plan an epic bachelor party!"

""Forget the bachelor party for a sec. Have you guys chosen a ring? Are you going to do it? When? Do you want one from grandmother’s collection?" Lucien asked, already mentally planning a trip to the bank vault.

Erasmi shook his head," Nope. I think I’ll let Ava choose the ring. Her previous marriage.... that man gave her his mother’s ring which she didn’t like. And refused to buy her another ring."

"Letting her choose is a good thing. But make sure it’s something special."

There was a brief silence as they got off the call and then, Ian looked around and spoke up, " Friendship is a solid foundation, but it’s not enough for a marriage. They need more passion..."

"We can help along with the passion..." Lucien added, his thought mirroring Ian’s.

"They’ve been close to each other for almost a year now and there has been no attraction. What can we do now?"

"No attraction because they have not looked at each other like a man or a woman. But more like the other parent to the kid."

"Ava Mercer is a beautiful woman.. We just need Eras to see that." Seb added thoughtfully.

Finally, with all the brothers on the same page, they exchanged a glance and turned to Demetri. He should know best how to get his twin to where they wanted.

With a sigh, Demetri shook his head and nodded," Don’t worry. I’ll handle it." fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

The brothers all grinned at this as they exchanged looks. The last person standing was about to go down!.... How fun...