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"
you in nine hours. Try and get some sleep, okay? We have a big day of socializing with way too many
smiling at the swear but not swear words. "Are you sure you want to
being ridiculous. Go
rolled her eyes. "Fine
before tossing it somewhere on the bed, huffing and
-0-0-0-
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
hands coming to rest
to be comfortable again his familiar warmth. "What about tradition?"
to sleep. Kylan whispered,
sleep, bet mind and body
"I love you."
her wedding day. When she dreamed of walking down a flower laced
either sade, and a groom dressed to the nines at
father walking her down that same aisle, her arm
unique when she imagined what the weather would be like
weren't surprising. Even the fake marriage she had
what was unique, was her love for
was having Oscar and her
aisle together, one strong man on her
where green and all things lush, were as far as the eye could
Karina on the front row of
unique, was the groom that waited for her. That watched she walk. That never took his eyes off her while she grew closer
To Kylan.
the man that knew her. That loved her. That housed her heart and guarded
felt no nerves, no hesitation, no sense of foreboding
only peace.
a smile on his face just like he promised, his hand clasped tightly
at her, really smiled at her. She noticed his questioning gaze filled with love return to hers, and she only smiled
family. Not her friends. Not the weather, after
Just hum..
Oscar let go of her with a hug and a kiss to her cheeks, she still smiled at him. And then
mint, his Kylan smell. And she felt complete. Whole in a way she had never felt
hands, and she held his, and nothing else
the words the officiating
cared for Kylan. Her best friend,
was positively glowing in the sunlight, the
voice when she spoke
suit pocket that was folded four times, and he opened the edges and
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