Not in Love (Not in Love, #1)

by Ali Hazelwood

like…staring at her dark balcony windows and ordering himself to not masturbate furiously, probably.

Gross.

“I’m sorry.” His Adam’s apple moved. “I forget to look at other things, when you’re around.”

“Out of all the people I’ve met, the things I’ve wanted, the places I’ve been, none has ever felt as necessary as you do. Because I love you. I love you in a way I didn’t think I was capable of. I love you because you showed me how to fall in love. And I don’t regret it, Rue. I wouldn’t want it any other way. Even if you can never say it back. Even if you never think about me again after today. Even if you were right after all, and you’re not capable of love.”