Chapter15

#Chapter15

AMELIA POV

/"You may kiss the bride./" As soon as he says those words, Leroy pulls Jodie closer, pressing his lips into hers.

She goes onto her tiptoes, to match his height better. I turn to the side, not wanting to intrude in their special moment.

When I look away, my eyes lock with Xavier's. Instantly my mind goes dark but I plaster on a smile.

/"You're just as tempted as I am./"

His words from the bachelorette party rang in my ears, burnt into my head. He wasn't wrong.

I was tempted, especially when he made it so easy.

I knew I could always run back to him.

He would always be there, ready to welcome me back into his world.

After all these years that's something I learned, but there was always something holding me back.

I never carelessly and freely fell for him again, like the first time. I never knew what would happen with him.

I never felt safe.