Max - A Bad Boy In Bed (Bad Boys In Bed Book 1) by Kendra Riley

Author:Kendra Riley [Riley, Kendra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter12

The nurses and doctors were very well informed that Aaliyah was going to this dinner, going to stand, and even walk as much as she could to be by her man. She wanted him to be proud of her, wanted him to not even think of any of the other women that he could have on his arm. She wanted his mind solely on her, no matter how much she had to do to get it.

Caroline’s pick for a dress, she had to admit, stunned even her when she tried it on. It clung to her body, showing off her curves, the slit high to reveal her legs, and draped just low enough in the front and back to catch any man’s eye. After trying it on, she knew there was no way she was going to sit in that wheelchair all night. Of course, she had no expectation that she would be able to walk the red carpet with him and dance against him like the other girls would, but damn it, she was going to show off that dress.

She didn’t want to tell Max what she planned, just in case she wasn’t able to stand and take steps—it would break her heart to feel like a disappointment. But she worked with her physical therapists and pushed herself hard on her exercises in her room. Sheer determination and stubbornness made her keep going through her pain and frustration, but that feeling she had when she took her first unassisted steps, three simple shuffling steps, brought tears of joy to her own eyes. Just a matter of weeks before, they weren’t sure if she was even going to be able to ever feel her legs again, and here she was, teaching herself how to walk again.

Seeing Max’s face when she took her steps, those little shuffling steps, was like that feeling of pride and amazement all over again. The way his eyes had shone when she moved, the way he held her so tightly when he caught her, and the way her body curved to his as he held her made every feeling of apprehension subside. Finally, after so long of feeling alone with few friends and no family, she felt like she belonged to someone. And that was a feeling she never wanted to let go of.

But the easy feeling that had filled her when she was in his arms quickly sank to nervous butterflies as the limo pulled up to the building and she saw the cameras and people bustling around the red carpet and, consequently, the entrance. She’d been held up so long in her little hospital room, a cocoon where Max was just Max instead of the biggest athlete in the country, that the shock of the spotlight caught her off guard. Her hand instinctively tightened around Max’s, and he squeezed back.

“You have nothing to worry about,” he whispered to her and kissed the soft spot behind her ear. “The public already loves you; it’s me that they aren’t so sure about,” he joked.

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