Throttled (Dirty Air, #1)

by Lauren Asher

I think I like Noah Slade.

“They’ll never be as good as what we could have. But this is why people like you never have happily-ever-afters. You’re so jaded, you can’t see the best things until it’s too late.”

think love is about happiness and sacrifice. Compromising instead of arguing. Having someone who is always there for you even when you don’t deserve it. Loving someone means you want to spend the rest of your life with them, on the good days and the bad days and everything in between.”

“Fear is not always a weakness. It’s what you do with the fear that shows your true

strength.

“I’m probably going to marry her one day. I think she’s the one.” I say the words with confidence.

“I didn’t fuck around with her. I love her. I’ll keep loving her through everything, no matter what you or anyone else says or whatever you try to do to break us up. It’s insulting for you to even think I’d be with Maya to fuck around with your racing. She’s the endgame. I don’t hook up with her for a shitty trophy, and sure as fuck not for a championship win. I want everything with her. Everything after this.”