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“Any progress other than just me?” Colin turned to look at his brothers.

Rafe shrugged, “We all agreed if we didn’t have someone, then we would give them some money and get them to sign an agreement that when the marriage was terminated, we would set them up for the rest of their lives.”

Matt frowned. “Yes, but that is cold, and grandfather wants us to find love.”

Colin nodded in agreement now with Matt before speaking, “Yeah, well grandfather believes in miracles, and I get why he wants this for us.”

All eyes turned to him. He shrugged. “I want my marriage to Coco to be real and hope that after all this, she will want the same as me.”

“Are you saying you have fallen in love with her?”

“I made a mistake a long time ago and grandfather has given me a chance to now correct it,” was all Colin offered. He didn’t want the first time admitting his love for Coco to be for his brother’s ears. He wanted her to be the first to hear it from him.

They continued eyeing him.

“Well, we don’t have an ex-girlfriend to fall into our lap like Coco. I always liked her as your girlfriend in high school. Glad it is working out for you.” Abbott reached over and patted his brother’s arm.

“If it could happen for grandfather a second time around, then it will happen for you all as well.” He dropped a bomb on his brothers, surprising them.

“What do you mean by that?” The chorus of voices of his brothers echoed through the car.

“I think Grandfather is smitten by Coco’s grandmother.” Colin grinned.

“Serious?”

He laughed at the memory. “Coco had walked me out to head back to her grandmother’s house and when we exited, we heard a woman giggling and then the husky tones of Grandad Norris.

Requesting a kiss. Mrs. Hunt told him that he would need to earn one from her.

” He remembered the surprised look on Coco’s face and how she cupped her mouth to keep her laughter from breaking free and revealing their eavesdropping.

“So that’s why Granddad said he had to go away for business when I called, and when I asked him about what, he told me to mind my business.” Matt laughed.

“Which reminds me how did the business with Normack go in London? And thank you for going in my place. Did he consider working with us?” Jacob questioned.

“Yes, our law department is going over the contract that Normack sent over from London and I am due to fly out again in two weeks to discuss our next step if the contract is okay.”

“When did you go to London?” Colin asked because he didn’t know his brother had left the states and the times they had met up; he didn’t mention it.

This was unusual for Matt as he liked to talked business, now that he was working with Jacob and Abbott to help with the company, especially with their grandfather stepping down.

“Two months ago. When Jacob was searching for Sierra.” Matt’s face suddenly closed off, leaving Colin suspicious. Matt had been acting strange for the past couple of months, and he attributed it to Nova not agreeing to his marriage proposal and freezing him out.

“Did anything happen with the client, because how come we are now just hearing about it.”

“No, everything went fine.”

“Did anything else happen in London. You have been giving me weird vibes lately.” Abbott piped up.

“No, there was just one night when Nova was ignoring my calls. I started drinking at the hotel and then didn’t want to be alone, so I went to the nearest bar down the street from the hotel. Everything is a blur. I had too much to drink and I—”

The limousine came to a stop.

“We’re here.” Colin said, looking outside the window at the V hotel and admired the architecture; he spotted an attendant heading their way.

“We can talk more about this later.” Colin said as he reached for the door handle.

“Never mind, there is nothing else to discuss. I just drank too much and went back to the hotel to sleep it off.” Matt’s voice was clipped. Colin moved and glanced at him, but quickly became distracted when the door opened for him and the attendant stood to the side for him to get out.

“Welcome to the V, Mr. Norris.” Colin went to the back to help the limousine driver get the carry-on bags out of the boot while his siblings exited the limo. The second car stopped next to theirs and Colin’s friends poured out.

Then he turned to face another attendant.

“Sir, Mr. Brooks wanted me to let you know that your suite is next to your fiancée’s.

And you have already been checked in. Here are your keys.

We will bring your bags up to your rooms, and here are some complimentary starter chips from Mr. Brooks for you to use in the casino. Enjoy your stay.” The attendant smiled.

He felt the firm grip of his friend’s Thomas hand on his shoulder. “Let the bachelor partying begin.”

Colin shook his head because he knew that some of his friends and siblings were about to get into some fun trouble. What was the saying? What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

He wondered which one of these crazy people was going to get a tattoo of some random chick or end up visiting Elvis in a chapel.