Sizzle (Bad Boy Rockers) (Volume 1)(82)

I watched Donovan leave, finished my beer then got Liam to take me home, while I prayed I didn’t screw anything else up.





Chapter 62


Thalia


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Two days ago I never thought I’d ever be standing in Jack’s house again. Mia had persuaded me to stay and act as her bridesmaid; she’d also explained the real reason behind getting rid of Rebecca, which was real creepy. No wonder Rebecca had asked Lewis to use my name. Get rid of me – clear the path to Jack.

Jack. Over the past couple of days I’d missed him like crazy. I’d missed his voice. I’d missed his body. I’d missed the look in his eyes when he’d look at me. I also couldn’t forget how he looked when I’d told him goodbye. I’d broken his heart, like he did mine, and it made me feel worse than I already did.

In thirty minutes Mia and Liam would be saying their wedding vows with Jack standing for Liam, and me, the only bridesmaid for Mia. I had to walk back down the aisle with Jack after the vows had been said, which I was dreading. I wasn’t sure I had it in me to walk beside him without touching him, or without breaking down in floods of tears.

I’d cried buckets. I’d even broken down on the phone speaking with my dad. He wanted to get the next plane down to me, but I wouldn’t hear of it and I promised him and Mom that I’d go home next week. Dad had told me they were supposed to be flying to Hawaii, but he was going to get the flights altered and they’d go a week or two later, depending on what flights they could get. To say I was surprised was an understatement. I was shocked to hell.

I’d also come to the conclusion that although I’d been the one wronged, it was stupid to punish us both the way I was. I loved him. I loved him with all my heart and wanted him in my life if he still wanted me. Mia had laughed when I’d asked her if she thought he still wanted me.

After the wedding I planned on getting Jack on his own and telling him how much I missed him and still loved him. I just hoped I wasn’t too late.

“Thalia, you look gorgeous,” Mia told me coming back into the room. I was wearing the dress we’d picked out when I thought she was marrying Jack. My hair had been curled by the hairdresser, and had jeweled pins keeping it on top of my head, with some loose locks around my face and neck.

It was the first time I’d seen Mia in her wedding dress, and she was totally stunning. She’d admitted to Liam that the dress she’d chosen had been for him, and that it was the only way she could get through the ordeal. I think we’d all had tears in our eyes when she’d admitted that to him, Liam included.

Mia’s dress was white lace with a fitted bodice that flared out from her hips. It was off the shoulders with short sleeves. She looked like a princess, and I couldn’t wait to see Liam’s face when he saw her. I just hoped I wasn’t distracted with the best man.

“You are seriously going to have the groom’s tongue on the floor. You look amazing. Is Donovan still giving you away?”

She grinned at me while shaking her head. “No. Not anymore. Daddy came to the house this morning and apologized. He said he just lost it when Liam abandoned me three years ago. He said he’d been thinking about little else these past few days and realized how crazy it all seemed. It was the first time I’d ever seen him embarrassed. He plans on apologizing to you, just so you’re warned.”

“Wow. What a hell of a week.”

“Come on. I have a groom downstairs who might be starting to get a bit nervous if he doesn’t see me soon.” She grinned pulling me towards the door.

I laughed. “There is no way he’d ever think you’d changed your mind. Just no way.”

As we walked down the hallway towards the stairs all that could be heard was the swish of our dresses as we walked, and the violin music coming from outside near the specially built gazebo where the wedding was taking place.

Butterflies were flying around in my stomach as we walked downstairs towards Mia’s father, who was waiting at the bottom for his daughter. He saw me and looked nervous.

As he took hold of Mia’s hand, he turned to look at me. “Thalia, I owe you a huge apology.” He paused, gulped, looked out through the window then met my gaze again. “I wasn’t myself, although there isn’t really any excuse for the trouble I caused between you and Jack. I’m sorry, and I hope that we can put it behind us, especially today for my daughter’s wedding.”

He certainly sounded like he meant the apology. “Apology accepted.” I held my hand out to him, which he took and shook gently.

“Thanks Dad. Now I have an appointment with my groom.” Mia took her dad’s elbow and dragged him towards the patio doors, then looked over her shoulder at me, winked, then asked, “You staying there?”

“Guess not,” I mumbled.

Mia and her father walked out into the garden in front of me, so after they came to a stop, I slipped in front of them and waited for the music to start. My stomach quivered with nerves and excitement, and then hearing the music my legs carried me up the aisle.

Halfway up the aisle I worked the courage up to look at Jack, and when I did, I met his eyes that were so full of love for me. He was so handsome in his formal wedding suit; my knees felt weak and my panties were wet. I couldn’t look away.