Chapter 37

DEREK

TEN HOURS AGO

I walked into the bar with a friend. His name was Carlos.

"Your brother is finally settled down. Don't you want to think about getting married?" Carlos asked me. He had a teasing smile on his face.

"Do you think that I will let myself get tied down by some woman?" I asked.

He laughed out loud when I said this. Everyone who knows me, knows that I don't do the commitment bullshit. I have never been in a serious relationship.

Not even when I was in high school. I have always been a casual sex kind of guy.

I didn't want the bullshit that came with trying to navigate a serious relationship with someone else. I knew that I wasn't cut out for any of that and so I didn't even try.

I didn't want to hurt someone who had high hopes for me. It's always better to lay down my intentions from the start.

"I just thought that with your brother rushing off to get married, you'd want to get married too. It doesn't seem like such a bad idea now that your brother finally has a w