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“Relax, Babygirl.”
“Quiet, baby. You don’t want people to know what I’m doing to you, do you?”
“What’s wrong with your chest?” I ask, even though a quiet voice in my head warns me not to. “Feels like I have a big hole in my chest. Like there was something there before, keeping me together, that isn’t there now. I feel…undone. Like my heart is open.” With that, he throws an arm around me and burrows his face into the space between my neck and shoulder. “Will that go back to normal too?” “Yeah,” I say, letting my arm snake around
“No. Not till you tell me a story.” “I don’t know any stories.”
arrangements. If he needs to sit on something that badly, he can sit on my fucking face.
“I’m not crying,” he says. “It just sounds like I am.” I hold his head tightly, running my fingers through his hair and kissing his crown until he settles. “That’s not even the main thing. It used to be, but it isn’t anymore,” Ant says, his voice small and childlike. “It’s you, Robbie. Now it’s you. You’re so fucking sweet and so fucking nice, and people are dicks, and I just…can’t stand the thought of you getting hurt. I can’t stand it, okay? I can’t fucking stand knowing that if we come out, a fuck-ton of people are going to have shit to say about it, and you’re going to read it and hear it
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“But also, I know this time it’s different. It’s unlike the other times I fell in love because this time…” He kisses me again, softer. Deeper. “This time, it’s the last time. The last time I’ll ever fall in love. It’s you and
He doesn’t nod or move, but he clears his throat to show he heard me, so I continue, “I want you on your hands and knees. Ass in the air, so when I open the door, it’s the first thing I see.” I shift my leg slightly toward him. I don’t mean to do it, but I can’t help it. “I want you on all fours so I can teach
you what happens to little sluts who mock-fuck the ice.” “Gee, Ant. I’m sorry you think I acted like a slut.” He snorts behind his glove but quickly catches

