Come Undone (The Cityscape, #1)

by Jessica Hawkins

For the first time in a long time, I missed the excitement born of possibility and anticipation that came from meeting someone new.

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Bridge

“Next time I get you willingly alone in my apartment, even the gentleman in me will step aside.”

“And maybe I’ll skip tonight,” he said.

“You promised you’d be there.”

“I did. But you’re testing my control, and I can’t make you any more promises.”

“When you find yourself alone and aching for something nobody around you can give you, when everything feels too heavy, and you want someone else to shoulder the burden—don’t you dare look to me.”

“You can’t hide from your desires. You can suppress them, ignore them, maybe even kill them off. But they’ll stay buried and rotting inside you.”