Chapter Seventeen
Paul watched as Madison shut her eyes and clenched her fingers. The pain etched there made his heart ache. It made his gut wrench. It made his toes twitch.
He ignored the sensation in his limbs and reached for her. He took her hand in his and unfurled her fingers. He reached his other hand to her brow and smoothed out the creases he found there.
Madison opened her eyes and looked at him. For one perfect moment, no one else in the world existed but the two of them. In that perfect moment, Paul saw his life flash before him.
Not the events of the past that those near death saw as they were near dying. No, Paul saw his future as it was going to be because he was going to live. He was going to live the rest of his days with this woman.
He saw her kicking those heels off
