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I look past her at the platform where people are strapping into the ride.
Fuck. What if I pass out? Or worse, have a heart attack and die?
But somehow, I let Val push me to the platform. My leg muscles tense, nerves like razor blades slicing at my insides. Blood turns to ice in my veins, my stomach knotting like a pretzel as I sink into my seat. Sweat drizzles down my back, the scorching heat of Vegas steaming up my fake glasses.
I take them off, gripping them between my fingers. This is crazy. It’s a stupid ride. I’ve looked down the barrels of guns, for fuck’s sake. I’ve been shot, stabbed. How the hell can this make me so panicked when staring into the face of death makes me laugh?
I look around at the other riders. Everyone is laughing and smiling. Nobody looks like they’re gonna puke all over themselves. I clench the side of my seat. Val places her hand over mine. Her lips lift, excitement flushing her face. She doesn’t look like the tightly wound control freak from a few hours ago when she was only my fiancée.
At the top of this fucking hotel, a thousand and eighty-one feet in the air, she looks exhilarated.
And so fucking gorgeous.
The platform creaks and begins to climb to the top of the tower’s mast. It’s slow, maddening. And I want to scream. I don’t because I’m not a fucking baby. But it’s there, knotted in the back of my throat, anxious to rip through the air.
I squeeze my eyes shut. I already saw too much, and if I keep them open for another second, lunch will be spewed all over the observation deck below. Heavy chains wrap around my lungs, so constricting, I can barely choke out a breath. Higher and higher. My ears ring, my temples throbbing as blood rushes between them.
Finally, the platform comes to a sharp stop.
Oh God. Here we—
The drop is sudden. Gravity pulls the platform down at top speed. My ass lifts from the seat, my stomach in my throat as I wrap my fingers around the rail holding me to the platform. Everything I ate today is back in my mouth.
A hot wind whips through my hair as we sail down the tower. Val’s fingers stroke the top of my hand like we’re taking a walk through the park instead of clinging to our lives during a free fall from the top of the tallest building in Vegas. Her warmth clings to me, comforts me in the seconds where I’m not exactly sure if I’ll live or die.
I crack open my eyes. Val smiles hard, the brightest smile imaginable.
And that’s when I finally embrace it.
Freedom.
Same thing she’s feeling right now.
A rush of energy flows through me. I’ve never felt so out of control of my life. And when the platform lands at the bottom of the tower, I realize I’ve never felt so empowered at the same time.
Like I can do anything.
It’s like a drug, one I was forced to swallow that instantly addicted me.
My legs wobble when I stand up. It’s still hella fucking high and I have to force my eyes away from the view below. I rode the ride, but I’m not in any way cured of my phobia.
I follow Val back down to the observation deck. She turns, a victorious look on her face.
“See? You loved it.”
“It was okay. I wouldn’t do it again.”
“Why not? Didn’t you think it was…” She smirks, a seductive look in her bright eyes. “Orgasmic? And let’s face it, that’s the only kind of orgasm you’re going to have with me on our wedding night,hubby.”
She’s absolute fire. So fucking white-hot with her comments and little cat and mouse game.
But if she wants to play with matches, she’d better watch out because I’m about to light them up.
“You’re gonna say that free-falling didn’t get you hot, too? That you don’t want to ride out the adrenaline rush with me?” I grab her arm and twist it behind her back, pulling her against my chest. A sharp breath slips from her lips in surprise. “That if I put my hands under your dress, I wouldn’t find your panties soaked at the thought of me inside you, fucking you on the balcony of our honeymoon suite for all of Vegas to see?”
I slap a hand over her thigh and push the dress up her leg, slowly and threateningly dragging the fabric over her skin. Her lips part, her eyes wild with hunger. “Let’s find out how much of a liar you really are, Val.”
Chapter11
