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The door opens again, but I keep my back to it. “I’m ok, Emilia,” I force out, trying to push down my tears.
“It’s not Emilia.” It’s definitely not because it’s Leo.
I spin around to face him, rapidly wiping my cheeks. “What are you doing in here? You’re not supposed to see the bride before the wedding,”
He shrugs, looking exceptionally handsome in a navy suit. “You know me. I like to break the rules. We haven’t had the chance to talk, and I wanted to before we got married.” He squints at me and seems to notice my tears for the first time. “Are you ok?”
“Do I look ok?” I snap before I can help myself.
Leo raises an eyebrow, letting out a low whistle. “Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.”
“What do you want, Leo?” I ask, feeling tired all of a sudden.
“Can’t a man check up on his soon-to-be-wife?”
“I didn’t think you cared.”
“Why wouldn’t I care?”
“Because you never wanted to get married!” I almost shout. Where is all this anger coming from?
“That’s right. And neither did you. Why are you upset?”
“Don’t act like you care. If you actually cared about me, you wouldn’t have snuck into my room, kissed me, and put us in this position in the first place.”
Leo takes two long strides to reach me. “Don’t act like you didn’t like our kiss. You kissed me back if I recall.”
I don’t have a response to that.
“I think you liked my attention,” he says in a low voice, sending shivers down my body. “I think you liked the kiss. Now that we’ll be husband and wife, we can kiss all we want. That doesn’t sound too bad if you ask me.”
“Is that all you think about? Kissing?”
“Well, a bit more than just kissing.” He gives me a charming smirk.
I shake my head and step away from him. “A marriage is about commitment. It’s not about lust. How do I know you’ll be faithful to me?”
“What makes you think I won’t be?”
“Because everyone has told me you’re bad news. That you’re a womanizer. I don’t trust you, Leo.” My skin feels hot, and my heart is racing. Blackness hits the edge of my vision.
“You don’t trust me? Fine. I’ll earn it, then. But trust this.” He grabs my face and presses his lips to mine. It startles me. Leo kisses me like he’s a dying man in search of water. I kiss him back before he pulls away. “Lust isn’t such a bad thing.”
I stumble away from him. “I just … I need to think, ok? Just …” God, it’s hot in here. I can barely breathe.
“I’ll see you out there.” With those words, he leaves the room.
Bending over, I place my hands on my knees, trying to control my breathing. I’m feeling more lightheaded by the moment.
It doesn’t help when there’s another knock at the door, and this time … it’sHenrywho walks in. What in the world?
“You need to know something before you marry him,” he says.
“What?” I gasp out. “What are you talking about?” I rest my hand on my chest, hoping something will get rid of this tightness. Nothing does.
“Leo. There’s something you need to know about him. He and I—we—we made this be—” He stops when Emilia comes back into the room.
“What’s going on?” she asks, looking between Henry and me. At the sight of my sister, I let everything go.
