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It was strange, having a secret with the boy I’d once loved and now sharing it with the man I couldn’t stand.
He was tall, dark, and evil. I was short, fair, and awesome.
“Sometimes in order to build things back up, you gotta tear them down to the studs.
Simon: If I could have chosen a son in this lifetime, it would have been you. Take care of my girls.
“Nothing rocks our foundations like an unexpected death,”
Being alone meant not having to pretend to be okay. Being alone meant not having to be messy and emotional in front of any witnesses.
Energy was a precious commodity,
I could rock a grant application like a boss. Put me in a social situation, and I could charm the pants off a cute, single guy in record time. But having to market myself in profile form felt overwhelming and stupid.
“There are some things we never get over. Some things we hide from the light,”
“The infuriating part is you know this. Yet you keep making the same choices. Well, I’ve got news for you, Lucian. No one feels worthy. Everyone feels like an imposter. It doesn’t matter what family you come from, your net worth, or how many powerful friends owe you favors. None of that is going to make you feel like you deserve to be here.” “Everyone? I find that hard to believe.” “The ones who don’t? The ones who think they deserve it all? Those are the ones you have to watch out for. Those are the ones who inflict the real damage. They’re the ones who don’t spend years in therapy trying to
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“I worry that you prioritize winning over happiness, and I don’t know if you’ll be satisfied with winning at the expense of everything else.”
“You love me, you idiot. You’ve loved me since we were kids. You loved me even when I broke your trust. You loved me after I fixed it. You still love me.”
She paused, staring at the mound of pillows I’d arranged in a U. “You remembered,” she said softly. “I remember every second of us.”
I took everything from you because you tried to take from me. You threatened my family. No one walks away from that.”
“Broken men break women,
He’s saying all the right stuff. Everything I’ve spent years wishing he’d say. But I still feel like I’d be an addled idiot to just happily believe he’s going to stick around and make a family with me.
“Sloane Walton, I have loved you for so long I don’t remember what my life was like before my heart was yours. It’s changed over the years. But I’ve loved you as a friend, an enemy, a lover. It would be my greatest honor in this lifetime if you would let me love you as my wife.”
