Page 62 of Wildest Forever

Shaking my head from side to side, I push from the chair and make my way up to my bedroom.

I needed a moment.

Or two.

CHAPTER ELEVEN

PACEY

Never had a boyfriend.

Never been in a relationship.

My blood rushes around my body, I feel it burning through my veins.

I love the fact that she has never had a boyfriend, that she will be mine and only mine.

I have no idea if this marriage will work. I have no idea if she wants to make it work.

But, I didn't tell one lie downstairs.

I did want to be honest with her, wanted to try and make this work.

Sure, this is not what I wanted out of my life, and I swore off women and just would have focused on myself but then she happened.

A bright ball of sunshine pulling me in.

She caught my attention at the wedding when she rode in on her horse, and then again in Randy's.

I wouldn't say there was an instant attraction but there was enough to keep me interested.

She gave off a certain air about her.Confidence seeped out of her, but yet here, with me in her home, she isn't like that at all.

She's pure.

Sweet.

Caring.

But it seems she needs me maybe more than she wants to admit.

Inhaling heavily, I shut the faucet off to the shower and step out, wrapping my towel around my waist and rough drying my hair with a spare towel.

I take time brushing and drying it then clean my teeth.

Tiredness pricked behind my eyes and I knew I needed to get an early night.I had a lot to deal with and I needed to make a start on looking into what caused the explosion. I kind of buried it at the back of my mind.

Didn't want to deal with it after the wedding, and then the weeks slipped past and now, here we are, over a month away and I still haven't looked into it.

I needed to.

But I think it runs deeper than just the explosion.

Things with my dad are still so raw, I am mad at him, but so in awe of him at the same time.

Anger coats my skin in a shiver but I shake it off.

He didn't leave any of us alone, us Riveras stick together and my mom has her three boys around her at her beck and call.

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