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Twenty Four.

           "What took you so long?" Nick asked a smiling JR.

"I had a chat with my fiancé. I am allowed to talk to her. Right?"

"Yeah. But what were you talking about? You took an hour JR. Did you discuss the pre-nup?"

"None of your business Nick. Let's go"

"Tell me you have a prenuptial agreement JR" Nick pleaded hoping his friend wasn't that stupid in love.

"Have you seen Hayley? She got mad at me for buying her a restaurant. I am not making her sign some stupid legal papers just to keep my money from her in case we divorce. That's like setting our marriage up for failure."

"But JR...."

"He's right." a third voice said from behind them. They both spun around and came face to face with Jim. "I happen to know she isn't interested in money so you have no reason to worry about that."

"How do you know that?"

"I had her investigated the first time I met her. If she was a money hungry person, she wouldn't be here. Trust me son"

"See?" JR asked turning to his friend. "Let's go. Before I change my mind and go back to her"

"Now who's whipped?" Nick retorted heading to the door.

"I never said I wasn't. That's your problem Nick. You don't want to admit your feelings." JR slapped him on the back trying to rile him up. Nick thought of punching him just to get him back for the punches he knew would come later but decided against it. If he was going to be punched then he one hundred percent deserved it because he couldn't stop himself from wanting to make peace.

Jim looked at the two men and smiled to himself. His plan was to force JR to marry Hayley so that he could keep her and Alexis close. But for JR to go and fall in love with her, it was a way better outcome than he'd expected. The file Carrick had compiled about Hayley had a load of information about her past including her first marriage. He knew maybe more than she did and he would have to tell her at some point but not before she married JR. His boy was happy. He hadn't seen him so happy in a long time. And after they came back from the honeymoon, he would own up to his mistakes. Just a few more weeks and the truth would come out. As for now he had to choose a bow tie for his tux.

"Is this place new? I've never been here before" JR asked walking in to the strip club. He knew Nick would bring him here and he was prepared for it. He just wasn't going to talk about it to Hayley. She would flip if she knew he was in a room surrounded by half naked women.

"No. Apparently it's exclusive. I had to pay a shit load of money to get them to let us have your party here. Well you had to pay since I used your credit card" Nick amended walking ahead. He'd booked four tables and even in the dim lights he could spot his cousin seated in one of them. "Watsup cuz" he said sitting next to him. Vincent had changed ever since high school. If he told anyone that his cousin was the player in their group, they wouldn't believe him. He was so proper and prim now.

"Why would you pick a strip club Nick? Does Hayley know about this?" Vince asked turning to JR.

"No. And if you tell her I'll beat the shit out of you Lachlan." JR threatened forgetting Vince was a detective and even without his training they would still be a match.

"Secrets already? I wonder how many you'll keep after you marry her" Vince was trying to rile him up. He knew that but it didn't stop him from gritting his teeth. And he was right. He was starting his marriage with secrets which wasn't a good thing. Maybe when he got home he'd tell her and be done with it.