Rush (City Lights Series, #3)

by Emma Scott

“How do you do that?” he breathed. “How do you know what to do and say so that I feel…?” “So that you feel what?” “Whole. You make me feel like I have a shot at something more than this misery.” “You do,” I whispered, tears welling in my eyes. “You do, Noah…” “God, Charlotte. I don’t deserve you.”

“I know this hurts. God, believe me. My heart feels like it’s ready to explode for the pain I’m causing you. But it’s better. You can’t see it now, but it is. I have to go and make myself worthy of you, Charlotte. If I have to fight and claw my way through hell, I will, if it means we can be together the way you deserve.”

“I’m going to find you, Charlotte. I’m going to come back to you as the man you deserve. Whole. Don’t say goodbye to me. Wait for me. Please. It’s the last thing I’ll ever ask of you. Wait for me. Trust me. I will come back to you. I swear it. Okay?”