Don't Go Faking My Heart (Sweet as Sugar Maple, #4)

by Kate Watson

How this woman talked me—a guy who’s up before the rooster crows—into abandoning my post and staying up all night is no mystery. I'm madly in love with her.

I love making her laugh. Now if I can only make her swoon.

"Why are you so good to me?" Because I love you. Because you're the person I want to be good for.

I've always loved the water. Swimming, kayaking, bubble-bathing, you name it.

Grief is a beautiful thing, son. It's a sign that you had someone in your life who mattered that much to you."

"If you take away the pain of grief, you take away the love from life. You can't have loss without love."

I’m adorkable.

"I know you're cute. And dorky. And adorable. That's all part of what makes you so gorgeous."

"Do you really not see yourself?" he asks incredulously. "Ash, you are beautiful. I haven't been able to take my eyes off you since the moment we met. There isn't a girl alive who can compare with you."

For something that feels so natural, this is getting awfully complicated.

"Not for me. You're exactly enough. You're perfect."

"I love her because she's smart and creative and views the world in a way that makes me view it differently. She's hilarious and keeps me on my toes. She always sees the best in other people, and she makes me want to be a better m⁠—"

"I think Ash is the most beautiful woman in the world," Rusty says to Ava. "Sometimes, I lose my words when she comes into a room, because there's no space left in my head for anything except thoughts of her."

"As you wish." "Okay, Westley." "Okay, Buttercup."

"More of you is always a good thing,"

"Your future wife is going to be the luckiest woman in the world." "I'm not worried about making anyone happy but you," he says.

Good selling is about taking the time to understand someone's needs and finding the product that meets it."

You don't want someone who thinks you're normal. You want someone who likes you because of who you are, not in spite of it. You want someone who accepts and embraces all of you.

"Maybe I'll keep you forever,"

Caring about Rusty—someone who sees me in all my messy, technicolor glory and appreciates me for it—is like jumping off a cliff and finding out I can fly. He’s given me a superpower of self-confidence that I’ve never felt before. I want him to step out and fly with me.

"Since the day we met, you … bewitched me."

“If you’re not safe to fall with the people you’ve caught, who are you safe to fall with?”

“Besides,” Millie says, “friendship isn’t about needing people, it’s about trusting people. We trust you, Ash. Whatever’s going on, you can handle it. And if you want help, you’ve got it.” “You’ve got us,” Lou adds.

"Don't you dare apologize for who you are. Don't you change who you are! You don't need to be anyone but you to inspire people.

I'm in crazy, stupid, out of control love with you. I don't know what took me so long to get here, but I'm here, and I'm not going anywhere."

"Farm Boy, we have the kind of love that could last the ages. We could be the couple everyone else holds up as their ideal. Girls would turn down men who don't look at them the way you look at me. Guys would hold out for a girl who's as obsessed with them as I am with you. We are it. I've gone my whole life wanting to feel the way you make me feel. Now it's my turn to wait for you to catch up."

"I love you, and nothing has ever been more real than how I feel for you. I want the whole world to know we belong together."

"Ashley Jane, you are the love of my life and the rainbow after my storm. Will you do me the great honor of being my absolutely not fake, very real girlfriend?"