Chapter 58. The Speech

Madeline’s POV

To say that I was nervous would be an understatement.

My heart was going to jump out of my body. I was sure of it. It was going to jump out and start bouncing from wall to wall. My legs were going to give out and I was going to pass out.

There were so many people around me, but I didn’t pay attention to anyone. I was completely focused on him and the way he was talking to the huge crowd like it was nothing. He was smiling at them and talking in a calm, but stern voice. I could tell that they loved him. I could tell that by the way they cheered when he stepped onto the stage and by the way they clapped after every small break he took.

He glanced at me and my knees buckled. He looked so freaking handsome and I was so sure that everything was a dream. I would wake up and it would be just another day in my life. I would go to work, take a few insults from his mother, and go to bed. There was no way that the man on the stage belonged to me. T