Chapter 103
Chapter 103
The pillow. It had to be the pillow, Katrina wasn't used to how soft it was. That had to be it. Or maybe it was the sound of the wind ourside? Maybe it was too dark in the room?
Hrally, she knew the reason she was tossing and turning incessantly, was because she was in bed alone. She wasn't used to being alone. She was accustomed to Rylan practically smothering her at night with his legs and arms wrapped around her securely. He always insisted on being as close to her as possible, even when she protested. He knew she actually loved it, and that she craved the attention
from him.
But tonight Tonight, he demanded them both have their own rooms. He wanted to be traditional and not see her again until she was walking down. the aisle.
She thought it was ridiculous. A completely silly superstition that she didn't need to entertain. But Kylin wanted to do this right, he said.
So here she was, tossing and turning Uncomfortable and cold. Alone and annoyed.
She hadn't seen kylan all day. Going on twelve hours, to be exXCE
Aaron and Maine had kept she busy, and her dad did, too. But it wasn't the same. It wasn't enough.
She was about to get married. To Kylan. To the man she never thought she would be marrying, and the man marry, all along.
man that it
it only made sense for her to
e for he
She huffed, fluffing the pillow beneath her head again. She stared up at the ceiling for a moment. nightstand. blinking against the brightness of the screen before unlocking it moment, and then she grabbed her phone from off her
"I don't like this. I need your arms around me to sleep, she texted.
You be fine for one night," he replied.
She rolled her eyes, turning on her side to pout at her phone.
Tm not fine. I need you with me. This is silly."
"Go to deep, Katrina, I told you not to message me."
"Are she saying you don't miss me?"
"Heaven's sake. Of course, I miss you."
Then come here"
We have a big day of socializing
words. "Are you sure you want to marry me? Maybe you don't really miss me. You
being ridiculous. Go to
her eyes.
to silent before tossing it somewhere on the bed, huffing and squeezing her
-0-0-0-
in between, because when she felt a pair of warm armas encircle her from behind, she jolted awake. "Relax, it's just mir" she brand Kylan murmur
mehed, her hands coming to rest
again his familiar warmth. "What about tradition?" she mumbled her
tradition Go to sleep.
love you" she were already drifting back to sleep, bet mind and body relaxing none that Kylan was with
"I love you."
wasn't unique when she thought of her wedding day. When she
groom dressed to the nines at the end of
father walking her down that same aisle, her arm
would be like that day, or what the venue
surprising. Even the fake marriage
was unique, was her love for
Oscar and her father
the aisle together, one strong man on her left, the
was unique, was having her wedding in New Zealand, where green and all things
were the two chairs she kept open for Yasmin and Karina on the front
That watched she walk. That never took his eyes off her
To Kylan.
That loved her. That housed
hesitation,
felt only peace.
in the third row, a smile on his face just like he promised, his hand clasped tightly
her. She noticed his questioning gaze filled with love
else mattered. Not her family. Not her friends. Not the weather,
Just hum..
and Oscar let go of her with a hug and a kiss to her cheeks, she still smiled at him. And then she
smell. And she felt complete. Whole in a way she had never
her hands, and she held
heard the words the officiating minister spoke.
cared for Kylan. Her best friend, her companion,
in the sunlight, the grey of
her own voice when she spoke her
paper from his suit pocket that was folded four times, and he opened the edges and inhaled a deep,
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