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I was made to love Mallory Kent, to guard her secrets and her truths, to kiss her scars, and ensure that nothing, not even me, causes her pain again.
two men walk up to our booth and stop, heated gazes sweeping over our sweat-slick skin.
“I’m always happy to be of service, princess.”
“Let me try?”
I’ve found no relief in his absence and have only grown more annoyed with myself for missing him,
“Do you want to come in?” “Do you have furniture yet?” My lips quirk. “No, I’m waiting for you.”
“It’s our house, Mallory, and we’ll furnish it together.”
But carry it. Work every day to fix it. Pour enough love into you that you don’t even remember what it was like to hurt. That’s not the kind of man you run from, baby.”
The soft timbre of his voice when he says, “Happy birthday, princess.”
Every minute. Every hour. Every lifetime.
“Because I want to remind you that you’re still mine.”
“Then let’s get you, your forever.”
It’s also led to me solidifying my plan to do the same with Mal.
“And because I’m tired of running from you.”
She knows that all I’ve wanted for months is this. Her time. Her attention. All of it for me. “I’d say it’s about damn time.”
to show that our future might not look anything like our beginning, but it could still be beautiful. Remade but still whole.”
“I think we should be friends.” She averts her gaze,
“Friends,” I repeat, tasting the bitterness of the word on my tongue.
Her displeasure at this fact is evident, and my heart breaks a little more.
Agreeing to a friendship with her isn’t what I want, it’s definitely not what I came here to get, but it’s something.
My mind goes to the years after my graduation, when all of my energy went into making sure everyone’s dreams were coming true but mine.
your talent is being wasted in this role.”
“I knew it!” She yells,
“Oh, my babies, I’m so glad you two finally came to your senses.”
The role I got to play in their fresh start is one I’ll always cherish.
This is only our second conversation, and it feels like I’ve known her for a lifetime.
What if this is your mom
“Ms. Hendrix needs to see you.”
I wouldn’t be pretending to be friends with the love of my life.
even when you’re rude and mean to him, he still looks at you like he loves you. Like his whole world revolves around your smile.”
“It can if you let it.”
“You went through an awful lot of trouble to get me here. Do you really want me to leave before you can say what you need to?”
Right like what does fhis broad want tick tock
“I’m in trouble, Chris.”
“What kind of trouble?”
“And he told me that he heard a rumor about a case being built against DuPont Pharmaceuticals.
because I knew Giselle didn’t deserve to be held accountable for the sins of her father.
Withholding information from them is just a form of trying to control things that were never in your control anyway.”
Mallory’s brain has always been one of the sexiest things about her.
“If you can help Giselle, do that, but don’t compromise yourself, okay? Be careful about what you say and how you phrase it.
I think your suspicions about Reese are spot on, but you and your lawyer will have to do a lot of work to prove it.”
The imprint of a mother’s love.
“You can lie to yourself, princess, but don’t ever waste your breath lying to me.”
“How many steps are there in your plan?”
“Twelve,” I say,
“Dates,” I whisper, the movement making my lips graze hers.
“Ask me why.”
“Because I want one for every year we lost. One for every birthday you spent without me.
“Ten chances for me to show you that I’m not the same man I was before, that we can build a real life together.”
“Consistent communication.
“I won’t be dating anyone else, and neither will you.”
“I could have, but I wanted the first meal you had here to be something warm and familiar, so you’d associate those feelings with this house. With me.”
