CHAPTER 163 Caution, Meet Wind

  ~ MACK ~

  Natalie gaped at me, stunned.

  The fact that she hadn’t immediately snapped me down gave me courage and I stepped closer to her, staring into her eyes, pleading with her to see me. To really see me.

  I took her hand from where it rested at her side and she turned her head to look down at where I touched her, following the trajectory of our clasped hands as I brought her sweet fingers up to my chest and pressed it there, right at the center. Her eyes got wider, then snapped up to meet mine again.

  “Feel that?” I murmured, embarrassed by how my heart pounded. How my hands were trembling. But that was the truth of the effect she had on me. “For three years it’s been beating for you, Natalie. My heart speeds up every time you walk in the room. My stomach is a fucking roller-coaster depending on whether you’re smiling at me or not. Three years… don’t you understand the grip you have on me?”