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278 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2013
He wants to tear down those walls, send them crashing around me. Doesn’t he realize they’ll bury me?
We both have secrets, I think to myself. I wonder if they’ll bind us together or tear us apart?
High school was a slow burn, a lit fuse taking its sweet time. This time, we’ve hung out once and we’re already sorting through the debris from the explosion.
This isn’t just my chance to start over like I thought- It’s our chance.
Not a minute has passed since the first time I laid eyes on you that I haven’t wanted you. Needed you. I will always want you.
I’m in his arms, where I belong. Where i’m still. And loved. And safe. And I never want to move again.
I need to hit. To be hit. To kick and fight and hurt and be hurt. I need the kind of pain that makes sense. The kind the cuts and bruises and breaks bones. If this night had a theme, its Landen O'Brien is a worthless piece of shit that ruins everything. Maybe that's the theme of my life.
“The boy who saw me at my worst and kept me still.”
I want to climb on top of him. Kiss him, devour him. Fix him. Make it better, like he does for me.
I want to be the girl who gets what she wants. For once. And the universe is not my friend when it comes to giving me what I want. So I'm going to take it.
I broke her. I broke the girl I'd worked so hard to help. She didn't cry when everyone at school treated her like a leper. Didn't shed a single tear when she told me about her parents. And yet her cheek was damp the night she saw my dad hit me and she's falling apart right this second. Because of me. Because I can'tfix it this time. I won't be around to pick up the pieces of her heart. Because i am leaving. Like always.
"We weren't ready for what we needed to be for each other in high school, or the universe wasn't ready for it. But universe be damned, because I'm done fighting the way I feel about you."
6 trillion "brilliant, soul grabbing, heart breaking, earth shattering" stars.
Because apparently this girl makes me lost my mind
We both have secrets. I wonder if they'll bind us together or tear us apart?
“Jesus, Layla. I’ve always wanted you, since that first day. Not a minute has passed since the first time I laid eyes on you that I haven’t wanted you. Needed you. I will always want you. Even if I screw this up so badly you stop wanting me back.”
“I’m going to taste to you with my mouth, worship every inch of you with my tongue, and open you with my fingers until you come. And then I’m going make love to you like I’ve wanted to do since I first watched you drink that damn milkshake at Our Place. Slow and deep like you need it … After that, if you’re not too sore and you still want it, then, and only then, will I fuck you. Understand?”
“I love you, Layla Flaherty,” I tell her because I can feel how badly she needs to hear it. “But you already know that, don’t you?”
I watch as her pupils dilate and she licks her lips. “I do.”
“So what are you going to do about it?” I lean back, despite my body’s protest to throw her down and tear her clothes to shreds.
“I’m going to love you right back.”
"Seriously, Ginger, your timing is impeccable. Can I get you a collar with bells or something, so I can hear you coming next time?"