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He was just so . . . grumpy. Men who are that good-looking should not be allowed to be such assholes. It was false advertising.
And that’s how I locked myself in a closet with Gus Ryder. Well, shit.
The point is that I know Teddy is pretty. Beautiful, even. But beautiful like a lion or an elk or any other large and dangerous animal. Beautiful to look at, but you didn’t want to get too close because it’d rip your throat out or trample you or spear you to death with its giant horns. So yeah. Teddy was beautiful or whatever. But I wasn’t looking to get eaten alive.
“You are many things, August Ryder, and some of those things aren’t great, I’ll be honest,” I said. “But a bad father isn’t one of them.”
So far, being behind enemy lines wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.
I also remember exactly what it felt like to realize that I’d never love anything the way that I loved Riley as soon as I saw her.”
I was wrapped around Riley’s finger within a second, and my life got so much better once she was in it.”
“You try to carry everything by yourself even though you don’t have to. It has to be heavy, even with your arms.”
And then there was the whole Twister situation. I loved making Gus Ryder sweat.
kissed her like I’d been waiting my entire life for this moment—like I might die if my mouth wasn’t on hers.
“Listen to me. I am in possession of all my mental faculties, I’m not sleepwalking, I’m not possessed, and I’m not walking away this time.
“Roll with the punches, Teddy Andersen. And punch back if you need to,”
I wanted more than just a part-time babysitting arrangement. I think . . . I think I wanted it all.
There were parts of Teddy that would always belong to the world around her, but that didn’t matter because there were also parts of her that were all mine.
“Let Moonshine use her shoulders.” “I know, Dad,” Riley said back. “Yeah, Dad, she knows,” Teddy called, and I shook my head. I was in for it with these two, wasn’t I?
We talked. We laughed. We gave each other shit. We’d started to see parts of each other that we liked, and the parts of each other that we didn’t like in the light of day were softened by the night. And so were we.
“I don’t have much to offer,” he went on softly. “Just a quiet life with a grumpy man from a small town, but I can promise to love you every day.”
“Wanting used to scare me so much, because I didn’t think I had the space to want anything more than what I’ve got. But wanting a future with you is the easiest thing in the world. And I want it all, with you.”
