The Graham Effect (Campus Diaries, #1)

by Elle Kennedy

“You don’t owe people your forgiveness.” “You forgive for yourself, not for them.”

“Communication is key in this exercise,” Nance explains to us. “As it is in nearly every aspect of our lives. Without communication, for example, our marriage would not thrive.”

The problem with being a woman is that you never know what a NO will get you.

that’s how relationships work. You have to talk. If something’s wrong, the other person wants to hear it. They need to hear it.”

“I can’t even imagine how painful it was, how painful it still is when you think about it. But pretending it’s not there doesn’t help anything. Isn’t that what you always tell me? To just let myself feel things even if they’re not pleasant?”

“You should be prepared,” Owen eventually says, glancing over to grin at me. “For what?” “You’re gonna marry that girl.”

“Like hell I can’t,” I growl. And then I give him another firm shove, forcibly moving him out of my way. “That’s my wife out there.”