“If I’m around you, it’s not because I have to be, or because you’re an excuse to stay away from John, or because I want to fuck you.” I grab her hand and those electric eyes lock with mine and for a second, I forget it all. “I choose to be around you because I like to be with you. Sure, you’re a pain my arse sometimes, you roll your eyes too much, and you talk back for no reason.” That gets her lips to quirk up a bit. “But there’s no one else I’d rather do that to me than you.”
