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“I don’t know how to live without you.” And I shake my head quickly as tears pool. “And I don’t want to know how. I don’t want to find out.”
build between us. His amber eyes flicker to me. “I will never learn how to live without you. I couldn’t fucking bear it.”
He is as much a part of me as the sun is a part of the sky, as the Earth is to the universe.
And my therapist stares at me like I’m a world-class fuck up.
“We all have secrets; the ones we keep, and the ones that are kept from us.”
think that should be Ryke’s motto. It just happened. Or better yet, throw in his favorite word. It just fucking happened.
“Because I think she loves you more than she loves sex. And you love her more than you love alcohol, but you two just haven’t let yourselves believe it yet.”
“One day, you're going to have to make a choice. You have to decide what kind of man you want to grow up to be. Whoever that man is, good character or bad, is going to change the world.”
“Sometimes the person we think we’ll become is the person we already are, and the person we truly become is the person we least expect.”
She is my past, my present, my future. So when I open the door and slide into the driver’s seat, I’m not surprised that it feels like I’m returning home.
“I confess, that I’d very much like to make love to you.” My heart flips at the last words. We never say make love. We fuck. We screw. We bang. Making love is for the soft-hearted without tar-coated pasts. Lily claims she doesn’t deserve to make love, but I’m determined to change her attitude.
“Is it different than fucking?” she asks me with wide eyes. “Very much so.” Frown lines crease her forehead. “How?” “I’ll show you.” Her eyes brighten with possibilities, but she doesn’t insist, doesn’t ask or compel me for more. She waits for me. Just as I asked.
