Invisible to My First Love (Harper and Maddox) novel Chapter 102

Harper

As I waited for Maddox to answer, he just stared at his uncle for a few seconds, then back at me. I was certain that I’d spotted something vulnerable in his eyes, but he quickly masked it with that familiar teasing smirk right before he spoke.

“My uncle just means that I paid attention to all the other girls more than I did to you. I kinda felt awful after I spoke to him about it. Please, Uncle, can we not talk about what I did? I’ve been trying to forget about that.

“Huh, of course.” I caught Uncle Sebastian’s forehead crease before it smoothed out.

Just for a moment, I wondered what they were actually trying to say to each other, but he laughed loudly before speaking again.

“My nephew’s quite embarrassed.”

Playfully narrowing my eyes at Maddox, I said, “He should be. I’ll never forget that night. You’re just lucky I’m forgiving and I understood you.”

“Yup. Anyway,” Maddox cleared his throat like he was about to change the subject. “I told the chef to surprise us with the dessert. That means I have no idea what it is.”

Uncle Sebastian rubbed his hands together with a grin. “To me, it doesn’t matter what it is. I already know that it’ll be just as delicious as everything that I’ve had so far.”

As he mentioned his best guesses of what the dessert might be, I constantly glanced at him while sipping my wine. He was refreshing, loud, funny and impossible not to like. He was really the type of man who could fill an entire room with his presence and have everyone laughing by the end of it. I’d seen it before.

When it was time for dessert,which turned out to be eclairs, Uncle Sebastian still had so many stories to tell that I listened to each one. That was until his phone rang and he excused himself, stepping into the other room to answer the call.

I was left alone with my pretend boyfriend and the silence that followed wasn’t awkward at all. But in my peripheral vision, I could feel him watching me, so I turned to face him and there he was, his eyes intensely taking in everything he could see. While I wanted to make myself believe that it was just him stripping me naked with his eyes, there was something more to it.

“What’s on your mind?” I finally asked.

He didn’t answer right away, slowly picking up his glass for a sip and putting it back down on the table.

“I’ve decided to paint again,” he suddenly said while staring down at his glass.

I raised my eyebrows in surprise. “You’re kidding.”

He firmly shook his head. “I mean it.”

My lips curved into a wild smile. “OMG… this is….this is huge. You’ve been talking about it for a while now and it’s finally happening.”

He raised his head to look at me for a few seconds, his gaze filled with so much desire as he studied. features and said, “Yeah and I want to paint you first.”

I froze as my eyes grew wide. “Me?” I asked with a nervous laugh.

“Yeah, you.” His tone teasingly dropped a little lower. “You’re all I can think about.”

My jaw dropped at how that sounded. “Wha-”

my facial

“You’re all I can think about when it comes to who I want to start with,” he quickly clarified. “Your face is just perfect.”

I exhaled, unable to wipe the smile off my face. “I don’t know what to say.”

“Say yes.” He sighed, his expression a little softer. “Actually, you don’t have to do it if you don’t want-”

“Yes!” I said quickly. “I’d be honored. No one has ever wanted to paint me before.”

He smirked, leaning towards me. “I’m glad I get to be the first. Don’t worry, I won’t make you ugly.”

I chuckled, gently hitting his shoulder. “You better not.”

“I already know exactly what I’m going to do with you,” he whispered, biting his bottom lip.

“Wha-”

“I meant the type of painting,” he quickly clarified with a wiggle of his eyebrows.

I smacked my lips with a sigh. He knew exactly what his words were doing to me.

“I know every detail of your face,” he said, still observing me. “I can’t wait to see your reaction when I’m done.”

“So… how long will it take to complete?” I curiously leaned forward.

He inched closer, his lips now so close to mine. “I’m not telling you that. You know how much I love to make you wait.”

That confirmed it even further. He knew exactly what he was doing to me…and I didn’t hate it.

“You’re in for quite the surprise once I’m done,” he said, leaning back to widen the distance.

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