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Failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.
Because the very last thing I need in my life is someone who makes me feel like there’s not enough oxygen in my lungs when I’ve only just caught my breath.
But it doesn’t matter because the hospital doesn’t allow us to have painted nails anyway.
it's like working in a prison
think I like you because you are a heart-stopping, jaw-dropping type of beautiful.”
“I can’t wait to see how fucking pretty you look when you come with my name on your lips.”
“I could fucking bury whoever made you believe you’re as unlovable as you seem to think.”
“Watch your fucking tone when you’re talking to the mother of my child.”
I LOOOOOVE HIMMM
“Because I wanted to be the type of guy who could land you for more than one night.”
“I’m done being patient, Tink. I’m coming for what I want. Right now.”
“Next time, you ride my face. You’re going to ask for it. Beg for it. Work for it even. You will tell me exactly what you want, and I will give it to you. But this isn’t happening again until that time. Until you know what you want. Because I want you, Winter. And not just for one night.”
“He said, ‘Mom, I met her.’ And I said, ‘Who?’” Loretta’s lips curve up, her eyes taking on a faraway look. “He said, ‘The woman I’m going to marry one day.’”
“Begging for it like the good little slut you are.”
Don’t you get it? I only see you. You’ve got all my attention. Every last bit of it.”
And with his eyes on me, I feel beautiful. I don’t wish it was darker. I don’t wish he’d hurry up and shift his eyes somewhere else. I could lie naked in front of him and luxuriate in the way he appreciates my body.
“It means . . . I live you. Like I see you everywhere, you are in everything. Our connection is more than physical.”
It strikes me that perhaps I’m not an easy woman to love, but Theo does it so effortlessly that I feel like I could be. Like I deserve to be. I come alive beneath his hands. I come apart beneath them too. And he puts me back together every damn time.
“That night we were reckless.” His voice cracks. “But god, I’d be reckless with you over and over again if it means ending up here.”
