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Chapter 1
"Do
you Matilda Hunter take Lucas Holden to be your lawfully wedded
husband?" the minister says.
"I
do" I reply smiling, as I look deeply into Lucas' sparkling
blue eyes, placing the ring on his finger.
"I
now pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride" I
hear the minister say. Luca leans towards me and within moments his
lips cover mine.
"Mattie,
Mattie!" I hear.
"What?!"
I groan, angered at who has interrupted our first kiss as husband and
wife.
"Mattie
wake up" I hear Luca say, I open my eyes and find him standing
over me, his body dripping wet from the surf, his eyes sparkling down
at me make me go weak at the knees. I could easily get lost every
time I look into those eyes.
"You
must have fallen asleep babe, you're all burned" he says
stroking my forehead softly. I try to sit up but my head aches, I
fall back down to the sand as my head spins.
"Woah,
come on lets get you inside" Luca says taking me in his arms and
carrying me up to the house where he lays me on the couch in our
room. We had moved into the room that Robbie and Tasha had shared, it
was great to be shut off from the rest of the house gave us more
privacy, after all we are 19 now, it's not like we are the same
naive 15 year olds we were when we got together.
"Lay
down and relax babe, I'll ring your mum and let her know you can't
make the shift tonight" he adds.
"Thanks"
I say smiling up at him. He was always the one to be looking after
me, I had such a great boyfriend.
The
next night I found myself staring in the mirror as I applied my
lipstick. Luca was taking me out for lunch tonight, I wasn't sure
where he only told me to dress smart but casual, so here I was
wearing my short white dress with my strappy white sandals, showing
off my tan perfectly, while my curled hair fell down my
shoulders.
"You
ready?" Luca says as he enters our room. "You look
beautiful babe" he adds as he produces the single red rose from
behind his back.
"Thanks
baby" I say smiling as I walk over to him, kissing him softly on
the lips before I take the rose and place it in a vase by the bed. I
walk back over to him, taking his hand in my own as he leads me out
the door.
About
ten minutes later we arrived at the rocks.
"Close
your eyes" Luca says softly before he takes his left hand and
places it over my eyes, while he uses his right hand to guide me over
the rocks.
"Can
I see now?" I whine as we stop. After a moment he removes his
hand from in front of my eyes, I gasp at the sight in front of me, it
was beautiful. "Oh Luca" I sigh softly as I look around me.
On the ground by the rock pools Luca had laid a blanket and set up a
picnic hamper, while a single candle enhanced the light coming from
the night sky.
"That
was great honey, thanks" I say to him after I finished the last
bite of the seafood platter he had made for us.
"Anything
for you babe" he tells me while fidgeting around in his
pockets.
"What
are you doing?" I say giggling as I place my empty wine glass
back on the blanket. "Oh my God!" I shout as he pulls out a
red box from his pocket and I realise what is going on.
"Matilda
I have loved you since I met you and I always will love you, we have
been through so much together, we belong together please marry me
Mattie" he says as he opens the box, tears start to fall down my
face as I look into his eyes.
"Yes,
yes I'll marry you" I cry out throwing my arms around him, he
holds me close to him for a second before pulling back, softly taking
my hand in his he places the ring on my finger. "It's beautiful
Luca, I love you so much" I cry, staring down at the beautiful
white diamond ring he had just placed on my finger moments before.
"I
love you too Mattie" he says moving towards me, I cover his lips
with mine kissing him passionately, I can't believe this is
happening, I get to spend the rest of my life with him everything is
perfect.
An
hour later we arrive at Noah's Bar, hand in hand,
"Mum,
Mum, guess what?" I say excitedly, holding my hand out in front
of her and Tony.
"Oh
my God, congratulations!" they scream, Mum quickly pulls me into
her arms and I notice Tony hugging Luca as well.
"I'm
so happy for you sweetie" mum whispers into my ear softly. "My
little girl's all grown up" she says, sighing.
"So
when's the date?" Martha asks me as we sat with her and Jack in
Noah's bar.
"Well,
it may be soon but we talked and decided we would like to get married
on Christmas Eve, it would be magical" I say as I lean against
Luca.
"Wow
that soon!" Jack says.
"Yeah,
we just want to be married" Luca says running his fingers up and
down my arm. This man could still send shivers down my spine with his
touch, his eyes, his lips, everything about him was perfect and he
was all mine.
Later
that night as Luca and I arrived home, I couldn't keep my hands off
him as we kissed passionately. Opening the door to his room his shirt
is already unbuttoned and I toss it aside.
"Luca"
I moan breaking the kiss.
"What
baby?" he asks as I lay down on the bed. He stares down at me
and I could melt into these crystal eyes.
"Make
love to me Luca" I tell him.
"My
pleasure" he says, winking at me as he jumps down on the bed to
join me.
