All Chapters of The Last Minute Bride: Chapter 41 - Chapter 45

40 - NathanI feel her shiver as I talk low in her ear to keep nosy listeners from overhearing. It gives me a sick satisfaction since she has been avoiding me all day. I almost jumped out of my skin when I found out Lana and Joel took her out to lunch. Lana was smart enough to take her security team, but I don’t trust Keanna or my uncle. They will try something, and until they do, I’m stuck waiting and anticipating the worst. I just got Aurora back in my life. I will not let them jeopardize it.I’m not surprised she called me out for the point of being here, she wasn’t completely wrong, this restaurant is designed to see and be seen. But, I intended to get ahead of whatever my ex is planning. I want pictures of Aurora and I out together. I want the rumors of a shotgun marraige or whatever story they are going to spin out in the public. I would put money on Sullivan, Preston or Keanna showing up here tonight. Word travels fast in our circles and information can get you in with the right

42 - AuroraThe car stops. I don’t remember the turnoff. Or the driveway. Or the gates opening. I only realize we’ve arrived when the door opens and Nathan’s standing there, his hand outstretched. He looks so angry though, I don’t take it. I climb out on my own. I hear him huff his annoyance. We walk up the front steps like strangers—like ghosts of two people who could’ve been something softer. He opens the door and holds it without looking at me. I step inside.He closes the door, clicks the lock.The foyer lights are low, casting golden shadows across the marble. My mind is starting to settle back into normal. I haven’t had panic hit me like that in a long time. I know I should say something. Anything. Apologize? Explain? Thank him? I can’t remember how words work. I turn to silently follow him to the stairs that lead to our hallway.“I didn’t mean it,” I say, but my voice still shakes. “I just… I panicked. I thought maybe this wasn’t real.”He stops at the base of the stairs, whitek

44 - AuroraTo the best of his ability, Nathan avoids me for the rest of the week and I can’t decide if I appreciate the distance or am annoyed by it. He did his best to get me through my panic attack, but it looked like he was in pain as he literally fled from my room, like he had had his fill of emotional woman and is now afraid of coming near me for too long. He’s a walking contradiction. He spends as little time alone with me as possible, but he also won’t let Jessie and the guys drive me to work, he insists on driving me, but doesn’t talk to me. He’s always a room away. If I can’t see him I can hear him and I swear I can feel him near. Lana has been great, but her day is packed with meetings and research so I only see her in small snippets of time. She reminds me of me, constantly moving and hands on the pulse of everything. She lets everyone do their job, but she checks everything herself just in case. I thought her subordinates might not like it. I know I always got resistance