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October 29 - October 31, 2023
The guy I’m secretly in love with—the guy who looks at me like I’m his kid sister.
Kit races over to me and yanks me up by the arms, pulling me into his large chest. His grip suffocates me, but I don’t try to pull away. He’s mumbling something into my hair, his hand cradling the back of my head, the rapid thundering of his heart a steady medium in my ears.
He isn’t compassionate or particularly thoughtful, but it’s not because he actively chooses to be an asshole.
Kit doesn’t believe in strings, whether they’re attached or not.
“Look, Faye, when you called me…I’ve never been so afraid in my entire life. I was worried something bad had happened to you, and I was right. I need to know I’m keeping you safe, otherwise I’m going to lose my mind.”
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“Because we’re friends.” Friends? I’ve never hated one word so much in my entire life.
Friends. Did I seriously just say that? Why did I say that? Why couldn’t I just tell her the truth? I want to be so much more than just friends.
Faye’s the embodiment of everything pure in this world, like the furry, white heads of blooming dandelions swirling away in a summer breeze, or the way seafoam laps between your toes before dissolving into damp granules of sand.
She’s drop-dead gorgeous in that girl-next-door way, funny as hell, and can bring any grown man to his knees.
Jesus. I want to hug her, touch her. I want to hold her in my arms and never let go.
It should be illegal to be this handsome.
“You’re so content with carrying all this weight on your shoulders. Now let me carry some of it for you.”
I wish they did.
She looks beautiful.
My gaze gravitates toward her eyes, which might seem like safe territory if it wasn’t for my desire to get lost in them.
Trouble with Faye sounds like the perfect pastime.
“When it’s fun sized and dangerously addictive like you, I am very afraid.”
“I never would’ve thought it’d take someone like me to bring you to your knees.”
“If you wanted me on my knees, Faye, all you had to do was ask,”
I want to mean something to someone.” Faye means more to me than she’ll ever know.
“No shit, Faye. I’m so fucking hard right now that I can’t think straight. You do this to me. No other girl does, okay? All of the girls I’ve been with haven’t held a candle to you. You’re all I ever think about, and it kills me that I can’t have you.”
I’m obsessed with this girl. I’d give her anything she wanted.
“Nothing makes sense when it comes to you.”
“Princess, you’re the sweetest thing I’ve ever tasted.”
“Fuck, you’re gorgeous when you blush,” he says.
I want to bite her tongue, leave behind teeth impressions, mark her as mine.
“You’re adorable.” I scoff. “Flattery will get you nowhere.” “Flattery gets me everywhere.”
“It is. Anything you say is important.”
This is one of my romance books come to life. Except Kit Langley is more attractive than any woman-written book boyfriend in existence.
A smile would be nice, too, but that’s wishful thinking.
She’s someone who lingers, stays, and remains in your heart. And I think she’s carved her goddamn name on me.
Why is she apologizing? She never has to apologize for turning me on.
Especially with a man so large that he could dominate me without barely lifting a finger.
“You sound mad.” Three words you should never say to a woman.
“I don’t remember what it feels like to not want this.”
I’ve waited so long for this moment, and it’s better than any melatonin-laced dream version of him I could’ve conjured up.
“I’ve got you,” is all he says.
“I’m yours,”
It’s mine, right here and now, in the present, and maybe in every parallel universe.
“You’re going to ruin me,”
But this time, I know Kit isn’t right behind me. I know he isn’t calling my name.
Do you know what it feels like to lose a piece of yourself? To lose someone you can never get back because they only came out in the presence of another person?
“I’ll always come back to you.”
I said things I can’t take back. I said things that made her cry. I said things that I didn’t mean. All because I was convinced it was the right thing to do…for her sake.
I pick Faye in every universe.
I hate that we’re lifetimes apart; I hate that we can barely be in the same room as each other. I hate that I’m not the one making her laugh like that.
“Because you mean the world to me.”
Love is complicated. Love requires trust and the ability to be vulnerable.
“I’d do anything for you, Princess.”
