Cruel Winter with You (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #1)
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“What’s her name?” I asked Mrs. Compton. “His,” Dad corrected me. “He’s a boy, honey.” Suddenly, everything made sense. “That’s why he’s so ugly.”
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“You’re my favorite person in the whole world.”
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“When we grow up, I want us to get married.”
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All in all, I don’t know if it’s fair to say that Marc and I were friends during our teenage years. But somehow, when I really needed him, he was always around.
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“I deserve you least of all. But I want you the most. And I won’t give up. The lengths I’m willing to go to . . . One day, I’ll show you.”
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“Listen, Jamie, date us both. I can deal with that. And then choose the better guy.”
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“The thing is, you’re perfect, Jamie. Absolutely fantastic—always have been. I’ve never been anything but amazed by you. And I don’t think I’m there yet. I want to deserve you.”
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“That’s fine, Jamie. Since I’m not the person who spent most of his life in love with you, either.”
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Even if, for me, being stuck with him is hell, with just a tiny bit of heaven blended in.
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He stares at me like he sees me. Like he has been seeing me all along.
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Ideally, somebody who’s not in love with someone else, either.
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I wanted to marry you when I was six, and I wanted to do very, very rude things to you at eighteen.”
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“No. No, you don’t. Marc, I . . . I’m a mess. I’m too busy for a relationship.”
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“Are you really too busy, Jamie? Or are you just fucking terrified?”
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He could use them to hurt you, a voice warns. Does it matter, though, when I’m already so good at hurting myself?