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.Chapter 17: RadiantMatt loves how Felicia reacts to him.She can’t even help it.Her body stiffens, her breaths become labored and her heart rate goes through the roof.“I’m just warming up,” he whispers, his lips teasing against her ear.He’ll give her a little space for a little while, but he refuses to let her forget.They place nice for the cameras and give Destiny the photos that she might pull out once every decade to remind her of the fond memories of this day.He continues to make small gestures to make her aware of his closeness whenever it is warranted.She needs to know that he remembers how good it feels to be with her.He needs to remind her of how much she enjoys it too.His hand lingers on the curve of her lower back, as a token of their partnership.His lips skip across her bare shoulder when he waits for the photographers to situate themselves.He can’t stop himself even if he wants to.Her body is so kissable.He loves the feel of her beneath his lips.Matt’s thumb softly brushes across her back, right where the fabric dips unbelievably low, just above her ass.She shivers with awareness every time he does, and every time he rests his hand against her skin to soothe the sensation.Not once has she asked him to stop.She loves the attention, loves the way he makes her feel.When she turns to face him, he smiles at her and sweeps a ringlet away from that beautiful face.Every time their eyes meet she smiles, and every time his body tightens when her skin flushes red.Before too long, the wedding party breaks out the wine and they share a toast in the gardens, to new beginnings among other cliché well wishes.Matt can’t keep his eyes off Felicia.She’s smiling and happy, just gorgeous.He feels like a stalker.His eyes assault her, taking in all that radiance and exploiting it every chance he gets.They don’t exchange any more words, but she knows he watches her.And yet she still ignores him.That is exactly what keeps him planted firmly on his feet, with a glass of whiskey in hand.He swirls what’s left of the liquid in the bottom of the glass and makes it disappear in one swallow.He slams the glass onto the makeshift bar, which announces to everyone that he is done.The floosy who’s been following him around all day slides up behind him without notice and suddenly the blond man has an arm wrapped around Felicia’s waist.The fury that unravels within Matt’s chest is monstrous, just begging to be released, but he harnesses it and glances away.Felicia told him it is nothing and he believes it.He smiles with the knowledge that the only shivering she does in that guy’s presence is with repulsion.“Matthew Knight, are you hiding from me?” Destiny’s cousin asks him.Matt looks around dramatically.“There’s hardly anywhere for me to hide around here.” He wishes there were.The girl is good looking, but she can’t take a hint.“I’m sorry, what did you say your name was again?”“Krystle.”“Right.How could I forget?” He smiles at her but quickly looks for an exit.He prays for someone to save him before this woman ruins all chances of talking to Felicia.“Oh, look.Here comes the event planner,” Matt announces, with the tone of his voice expressing his sudden enthusiasm.Natalie hurries to meet up with the woman and then waves everyone over.“It’s time for us to go back inside,” she shouts excitedly.It’s like a higher power is watching over him because within a matter of seconds, the wedding party is dragged off to a special entrance and the rest of the guests, Krystle included, have to return to the party room.The way Felicia watches Matt suddenly tells him she has no idea that Krystle is not his type at all.That makes him smile.Felicia’s almost making this too easy.As they congregate at the doors to the party room and wait for their respective introductions, he catches Felicia smiling at him.He pulls himself to his feet and reaches his elbow out to her, completely prepared to cross the room on his feet, with the least amount of limping, even if it kills him.“Are you ready for this, doll?” Matt asks Felicia.“As ready as I’ll ever be.” Her voice seduces him even when she’s not trying.“But Matty.”—she pushes him gently into his chair—“you’re not walking this time.How are you going to dance with me later if you use all your energy on this?”She makes a damn good point and so he doesn’t argue.She slides her hand over his chest and then squeezes his shoulder before pushing the wheelchair into the party room.As she directs him to the head table, she is the only one in his eyes.She’s been the only one on his mind for many, many months now and he is dead-set on doing everything necessary to make her realize that tonight.Chapter 18: Cherry KissesFelicia needs to get laid.It’s been too long and Matt has her too wound up to wait any longer.They have issues.They can’t even talk about the accident, their weekend together, or anything else that links to that time without exploding on each other.Had she tried to fix it with sex in the first place, no doubt it wouldn't have worked.It could certainly have fixed a lot of things, like this infinity headache she’s been rocking all night, for example.And she wouldn't be so stressed out.There's no good reason why she doesn't have a healthy, active sex life right now.Maybe there is one reason: Matthew Knight [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]