“For the record, it has never been ‘just sex’ with you,” I tell her, gently angling her face back up to mine. “Sex makes me feel closer to you, sure. But you could remove it from the equation, and I would still want to be around you all the time.” “You would?” “Of course.” I love spending time with Violet. She’s one of the only people on the planet who doesn’t annoy the shit out of me.

