A Touch of Heaven Read Online Free Page B

To spend one second in her
presence was like taking a breath of air after being
denied.
    He smiled as he stared at her, the smile on
her face bringing back all the memories of her he'd tried
unsuccessfully to bury for years. No one compared to her. She'd
bewitched him from the second he laid eyes on her his very first
day at Riverdale High. She was a vision. A goddess in his eyes and
he felt sixteen again looking at her.
    She was even more beautiful now than the
last time he'd seen her. Her hair was longer and blonder. Her
sun-kissed skin glowed in the low lighting and her smile lit up the
entire room.
    Her being here was like a gift from above.
It delighted him more than anything he could remember. He never
thought he would see her again, but here she was.
    "Hey, did you hear me?"
    "Huh, what did you say?" he asked, turning
his head to look over his shoulder.
    "I said are you ready?"
    Taking one last look at her, he let the
curtain drop and stepped back against the wall. He took several
deep breaths and closed his eyes, trying to clear his thoughts.
Tonight's performance would be extra nerve racking. Dancing in
front of Riverdale Highs elite caused the insecurities he struggled
to overcome to scratch the surface again.
    "Come on Simon, that's not you anymore," he
told himself quietly. "You can do this. They'll never know it's
you."
    Opening his eyes again, he looked in the
mirror one last time. He took in his appearance. He looked nothing
like he did ten years ago. He told himself again that they would
never know.
    " Well at least not yet," he thought to
himself before a wide smile crossed his face.
    Turning to the announcer, he grinned before
saying, "Let's do it."
    The announcer smiled back at him before
grabbing the microphone and stepping back onto the stage. "Ladies,
are we ready?"
    " Yes !"
    The club roared. Paige and the girls watched
every female in the club rise to their feet and rush the stage.
They looked to each other when the chants started and the six girls
all smiled when the name "Simon" rang out to deafening decibels.
They all laughed before exiting their seats and pushing their way
through the throng of women to be center stage.
    "And now, for your viewing
enjoyment, The Pleasure Dome is proud to present the man who
instills more wet dreams with a single glance than any other man
alive… the one, the only… Simon !"
    His name echoed throughout
the room when Billy Idol's, Rebel
Yell started to play. The loud thumping
beats Paige felt in her chest from the music and the crowd was
quickly replaced when she caught her first glimpse of
him.
    Her breath caught and every thing around her
dimmed as she stared at the man who came through the curtain.
    Tight, black jeans encased his lower body
and a black t-shirt hugged every muscle of his chest. His
bleached-blonde hair stood in tiny spikes on his head. His skin a
creamy alabaster with hard toned muscles that stretched the
material of his shirt. He swayed slowly to the beat of the music,
strutting his way across the stage and looking out through the
crowd at everyone screaming his name.
    He looked like the ultimate bad-boy. The one
your mother warned you about.
    Paige's heart beat double-time when he
suddenly turned toward her. Shockingly blue eyes locked on hers and
it felt like a lighting bolt struck her. The tingles started low in
her stomach before firing off every nerve ending in her body.
    He tilted his head to the side, his eyes
roaming over her body before he licked his lips and smiled. She
felt her knees go weak before her lips curved into a smile.
    He was simply beautiful.
    He turned when the beat of the music got
faster and there wasn't a single person not completely mesmerized
by him. He moved across the stage and worked the crowd, the screams
of his name becoming louder by the second.
    The smile on Paige's face matched her
friends. She glanced away from him to see them screaming along with
everyone else in the club. She turned back to the stage and