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"
have a
couldn't help smiling at the swear but not swear words. "Are you sure you want to marry me? Maybe you don't
being ridiculous.
rolled her eyes. "Fine
before tossing it somewhere on the bed, huffing and squeezing her
-0-0-0-
drifted off to sleep at some point, or at least somewhere in between, because when she felt a pair of warm armas encircle her from behind, she jolted awake. "Relax, it's just
mehed, her hands coming to
body immediately moving to be comfortable again his familiar warmth. "What about tradition?" she mumbled her eyes still
Go to sleep.
back to sleep, bet mind and body relaxing
"I love you."
her wedding day. When she dreamed of walking down a flower laced aisle, her
lining either sade, and a groom dressed to the nines at
her father walking her down that same aisle, her arm clasped in his, her smile
weather would be like that day, or what the venue would
thoughts weren't different, weren't surprising. Even the fake marriage she had with Kylan
was
was unique, was having Oscar and her
man on her left, the other on
New Zealand, where green and all things lush, were as far as the eye
Karina on the front row of the
the groom that waited for her. That watched she walk. That never took his eyes off her while she grew
To Kylan.
man that knew her. That loved her. That housed her heart and guarded it with his
felt no nerves, no hesitation, no sense of foreboding
only peace. Only
noticed James in the third row, a smile on his face just like he promised, his hand clasped
her, really smiled at her. She noticed his questioning gaze filled with
mattered. Not her family. Not her
Just hum..
father and Oscar let go of her with a hug and a kiss to her cheeks, she still smiled at him. And then she mehed, because he
she felt complete. Whole in a
she held his, and nothing else
officiating
Her best
was positively glowing in the sunlight, the grey of his eyes burning into
scarcely heard her own voice when she spoke
of paper from his suit
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