Don't Forget Me Tomorrow (Time River, #2)

by A.L. Jackson

Because I’d wanted to give her everything I had, but the only thing I had been able to do was give her the one gift that I could.

The man was lit in a backdrop of vibrant pinks and purples and blues. He was midnight in the middle of it.

“I’m not sure, Dakota, but if you are? I promise I will take care of you. Protect you.” “Why?” “Because protecting you is what I was created to do.”

That sweet wickedness gleamed in his eyes. “You are playing with fire, Dakota Cooper.” “Maybe I want to burn.”

“I love you, Dakota. I’m gone for you. Since I was twenty-two fucking years old, I’ve been gone for you. Since you became the one thing in this world that could soothe the ache inside me. Since you became the reason to look beyond my circumstances. Since you reminded me of the good things this world might have to offer.”

“You saved me, Dakota. Saved me when I was lost. When I’d given up. And I keep trying to push you away because I know I don’t deserve you. But I can’t do that any longer. I can’t fucking deny that you are the one thing in this life that I’ve been living for. You are the light breaking the darkness inside me. And I’m begging you, please don’t walk away.”