“I’ll love you the right way this time,” he whispered, and his breath fanned my cheek. “If you’ll show me how.” My hand shot out of its own accord, knotting in the front of his shirt and pulling him closer when I needed to push him away. “Joe.” “What I did at Christmas? How far I went? It scared the shit out of me, and all I could think about was if I didn’t get you away from me, I would end up destroying my world, because that’s what you are to me, Aoife. You’re my whole goddamn world wrapped up in one girl. So, yeah, maybe I’ve gone about it entirely the wrong way, but all I’ve ever tried to
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