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“Point us in his direction, please. I just want to talk to him.” Jesse cracked his knuckles.
Breaking my heart was clearly cutting into the time they needed to get their new project started.
There was a reason Adelaide was the queen of the Greenich Bay underworld. She forgot no transgression. She hadn’t cried because she wasn’t mourning, she was plotting how to destroy us. I would let her crush me beneath her boot, beg her for it even. But I wouldn’t let her go.
I knew my worth. Just as I knew what I had to do. Ensure these men knew they were dead to me. My heart shriveled in my chest, poisoned by deceit.
Siren, I’m in a nightclub that’s in a cave. The music echoes all round, you would love it. But I’m not dancing. I’m not partying. I’m here as a photographer, taking photos for them to use for marketing. But I can’t stop imagining you here with me. No matter where I go, I’m always missing you.
The message I wrote wasn’t an apology though, it was a promise for the future. I’d take you to For Food’s Sake, they have better coffee, and I’d order an apple crumble muffin to share.
“You can’t heal someone when you were the one who broke them.”
“I’m yours, body, soul, heart. If it takes the rest of my life, I’ll prove it to you. Nothing is worth losing you.”
“Oh babe, I’m sorry. It’s been a stressful night. Let’s try to sleep and if he’s still an asshole tomorrow, I promise I will personally mutilate his genitals for you.”
“If you and I were socks, we’d make a magnificent pair,” he countered, chest puffing up. A chorus of low groans sounded from behind me. “Please god, tell me you didn’t just use that line on the absolute goddess sitting in front of you?”
“No matter what happens, I will always love you and only you. I’ve already written my vows and I hope one day we can elope for real. Picture us drinking champagne and watching the sunset in Italy, just us together. I hope to earn the right to speak what I’ve written to you one day.”
“Are you okay, brother boyfriend?” “What the fuck, don’t call me that,” Jonah spat to the side with a grimace. “Well, you’re my girlfriend’s boyfriend, right? We need a name. What about Brother Beaus?” Jonah’s expression darkened and Ray held out his hands placatingly. “We’ll workshop it.”
“This is your chance to grow something new, better than before. Be brave.”
“There is no place in the world that can rival the universe I see in your eyes,”
