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Chapter 106

Author: Celice Wylder
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Madeleine

“Have I told you that you look beautiful?” Rafael asks as he leads me onto the dance floor.

There are hundreds of eyes on us, and I’m so nervous that I will fall over my own feet that I’m barely paying attention to anything other than walking.

“You have,” I say with a smile.

He keeps looking at me in wonder. As if he can’t quite believe I exist. And I’m kind of sad that I’ll never be this beautiful again, and afraid that maybe Rafael will never look at me the same way again.

“Well, I’m going to say it again. You looke beautiful.”

I smile up at him, the band starts to play, and Rafael takes me firmly in his arms. I have never danced and I’m more nervous than ever, but my new husband confidently steers me across the dance floor, and within seconds I feel as if we’ve been doing this our whole life. Dancing together, perfectly in step with each other.

I don’t feel so exposed anymore. I feel freer, more confident. I relax against him, and allow him to twirl me around, sure in the
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