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“Good to see that boy doesn’t need any more common sense knocked into him. But I’m still gonna warn him to treat you right.” “Walter…” “It’s my duty as your honorary grandpa.”
“I thought I could count on you not to be a stick in the mud.”
Hottie Holt
“You matter, and I’ll do whatever I need to do to make sure you’re taking care of yourself.”
“Don’t you dare make me cry, young lady. I won’t have Walter thinking he has a chance to swoop in and comfort me.” Sutton chuckled. “Throw that man a bone.” Lolli simply huffed. “He hasn’t earned me yet.”
“Life isn’t perfect. It’s not always sunshine and rainbows. It’s about finding people who will weather the storm with you. Who will find ways to dance in the rain.”
“You want to dance in the rain with me?”
“Always. Now, let’s go get our boy.”
“Because I love her and you. That means I always want people to treat her and you with respect and kindness. And I’m always going to step in when they don’t.”
don’t want a bad-guy dad.”
sobbing
“It’s defined by how we care about one another. How we show up in good times and bad. How we love one another.”
“You’re with us. A part of our family. And you always will be.”
And I knew, without a shadow of a doubt, I was in love with Cope. And that would never change.
If there was one thing Nora Colson was good at, it was bringing lost sheep into the fold.
“Gonna be greedy for those words for a while, Warrior.”
All I am is yours. Brokenness and all.”
“Oooooh, I see hottie hockey players,” Lolli called, doing a shimmy. She’d blinged out her jersey so it sparkled in the rink lights. “Do you think I could get one of them to throw me against the boards?”
“Come hang out with me. We can cheer on the violence and bloodshed.” Lolli grinned up at him. “Well, that is my second favorite thing to do.”
“I thought special brownies were your second favorite.” “That’s just a way of life, dear,” Lolli assured her.
light catching in her eyes. God, she was beautiful. I could stare at her forever.
“You’ve got a little drool,” Arden muttered, wiping at the corner of h...
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“Oh, my fucking cupcake gods,” Frankie mumble-yelled around a mouthful of cupcake. “This is heaven in baked form. There are Oreos in this.” He held up a non-half-eaten one. “And look at the little hockey dude on top.”
“Please, tell me you’ll move to Seattle and open a bakery. Hell, move to Seattle and marry me.” One of the enforcers choked on a laugh. “Uh, Frankie, you may wanna reconsider those words. Reaper looks like he’s about to straight-up murder your ass.”
Any man who lays hands on a woman—on anyone more vulnerable—is no man at all.”
Because you’re the only one I’ve truly let in. The only one who soothes my demons.”
“I’m carrying your nail marks on my back. I’d have Kye tattoo them on me, but you’re burned into my goddamned soul. I carry you with me every second of every day.”
“I love you. Now. Tomorrow. Twenty years from now. Fifty. It’s never going to end.”
Luca’s little brows pulled together. “Are you gonna be all mushy-gushy? Like a lot?” “I’m hoping so,” Cope said, humor lacing his tone. “Gross,” Luca muttered.
“You got me bees?” Cope pulled me against him. “You know I’d do anything to make you happy. I want this to be your home.
“I wanted more than anything for you to heal. To let someone into your life who could lighten your load. Sutton’s that. A true partner,”
Because that’s life. Fighting and making up. Loving the people around you and wanting to wring their necks at the same time. That doesn’t make you a monster. It makes you human.”
“Mom,” I chastised. She laughed, letting me go. “It’s my job to stick my nose where it doesn’t belong.”
We’re going to give them a love that never ends, no matter what.”
“Marcus?” I croaked. “Sorry about this, Sutton. It’s nothing personal.” And then he leveled his gun and squeezed the trigger.
WHAT THE FUCK
It felt like flames engulfing my entire torso as I dropped to the ground. My vision tunneled, and as everything went black, I swore I heard Sutton yell my name.
hey so WHAT THE FUCK
“Never going to have a better job than being your dad,” I told Luca.
Rhodes chimed in, adjusting the brim of her ballcap that read, I KNEW REAPER WHEN HE WAS TERRIFIED ET WAS GOING TO KIDNAP HIM.
There’d never been anything sweeter.
