Sizzle (Bad Boy Rockers 1)

“She said…goodbye.” Shit my voice broke. I finished the second bottle off then reached for the third.

“Wow, bro. Take it easy.” Liam grabbed my wrist.

I turned and scowled at him. “Mia wouldn’t like you having a black eye in your wedding pictures.”

He backed off slightly.

“Talking about wedding pictures…Mia admitted the real reason for getting rid of Rebecca as a bridesmaid. She did break her arm, so Mia used that as an excuse, but the truth was Rebecca, um, had a thing for you, and once or twice the things she came out with frightened Mia.”

I nodded, taking another drink, and then remembered Reece and Callie. I turned to him, grinned, and asked, ?

?So what does Dahlia think about you doing the horizontal with Callie?”

“Fuck,” he whispered under his breath. “You really are looking for a fight.”

“Callie is Thalia’s friend. I don’t want you screwing her over.”

Donovan snickered. “Too late for that.”

“Fuck. Get off my back. You’re a bunch of fucking assholes,” Reece shouted, storming out of the bar. The next minute we heard his bike start.

“What the hell.” I looked to Donovan for an answer.

He shook his head, standing up. “He likes Callie more than what I think he’d like, and she likes him. That’s why I stepped back. All I know is that Dahlia rang him first thing this morning when he was with Callie. He said she was awake when he took the call, and that he left without saying anything to her. Something’s going on with Dahlia. He’s not having sex with her. In fact I don’t think he ever has, because he treats her like a sister. There’s something between them, but now it’s come between him and Callie, someone he really likes…Personally I think he’s screwed it up. He should have at least spoken to her after Dahlia called him, but he didn’t…I guess you’ve both fucked up today. Right now, you both make me thankful I don’t have a girl…too much damn trouble. I’m outta here. I’ll see you at the wedding.”

I watched Donovan leave, finished my beer then got Liam to take me home, while I prayed I didn’t screw anything else up.

Chapter 62

Thalia

Two days ago I never thought I’d ever be standing in Jack’s house again. Mia had persuaded me to stay and act as her bridesmaid; she’d also explained the real reason behind getting rid of Rebecca, which was real creepy. No wonder Rebecca had asked Lewis to use my name. Get rid of me – clear the path to Jack.

Jack. Over the past couple of days I’d missed him like crazy. I’d missed his voice. I’d missed his body. I’d missed the look in his eyes when he’d look at me. I also couldn’t forget how he looked when I’d told him goodbye. I’d broken his heart, like he did mine, and it made me feel worse than I already did.

In thirty minutes Mia and Liam would be saying their wedding vows with Jack standing for Liam, and me, the only bridesmaid for Mia. I had to walk back down the aisle with Jack after the vows had been said, which I was dreading. I wasn’t sure I had it in me to walk beside him without touching him, or without breaking down in floods of tears.

I’d cried buckets. I’d even broken down on the phone speaking with my dad. He wanted to get the next plane down to me, but I wouldn’t hear of it and I promised him and Mom that I’d go home next week. Dad had told me they were supposed to be flying to Hawaii, but he was going to get the flights altered and they’d go a week or two later, depending on what flights they could get. To say I was surprised was an understatement. I was shocked to hell.

I’d also come to the conclusion that although I’d been the one wronged, it was stupid to punish us both the way I was. I loved him. I loved him with all my heart and wanted him in my life if he still wanted me. Mia had laughed when I’d asked her if she thought he still wanted me.

After the wedding I planned on getting Jack on his own and telling him how much I missed him and still loved him. I just hoped I wasn’t too late.

“Thalia, you look gorgeous,” Mia told me coming back into the room. I was wearing the dress we’d picked out when I thought she was marrying Jack. My hair had been curled by the hairdresser, and had jeweled pins keeping it on top of my head, with some loose locks around my face and neck.

It was the first time I’d seen Mia in her wedding dress, and she was totally stunning. She’d admitted to Liam that the dress she’d chosen had been for him, and that it was the only way she could get through the ordeal. I think we’d all had tears in our eyes when she’d admitted that to him, Liam included.

Mia’s dress was white lace with a fitted bodice that flared out from her hips. It was off the shoulders with short sleeves. She looked like a princess, and I couldn’t wait to see Liam’s face when he saw her. I just hoped I wasn’t distracted with the best man.

“You are seriously going to have the groom’s tongue on the floor. You look amazing. Is Donovan still giving you away?”

She grinned at me while shaking her head. “No. Not anymore. Daddy came to the house this morning and apologized. He said he just lost it when Liam abandoned me three years ago. He said he’d been thinking about little else these past few days and realized how crazy it all seemed. It was the first time I’d ever seen him embarrassed. He plans on apologizing to you, just so you’re warned.”

“Wow. What a hell of a week.”

“Come on. I have a groom downstairs who might be starting to get a bit nervous if he doesn’t see me soon.” She grinned pulling me towards the door.

I laughed. “There is no way he’d ever think you’d changed your mind. Just no way.”