Alexander: Alexander's Story (Spearhead Lake Book 4)

by E.L. Stevens

I’ve never been in love. Can’t be lovesick when you don’t even know what you’re missing, right?

I feel like I’ve known him a long time. There’s no pinpointing the exact reason, but it’s a knowing. Like his eyes and mine are the same. Like our souls hear and share the same hurt. His pain knows mine, and maybe that’s all it boils down to.

Two people with equally hard past lives meeting, intersecting at a point in time, and deciding life might be easier if you don’t have to walk it alone.

The thrill of an audience sends me somewhere that’s eluded me before. I want to scream, but I hold it.

Fucking eat your heart out.

Being around him is equal parts pleasure and pain.

His wayward glances are like gifts, but his attention deprivation is like being suffocated slowly.

He leaves you aching for the next breath every t...

And I loved seeing him love something unconditionally and have the love returned. He deserves it. Regardless of what happened between us, I still think he’s a good man.

“Shut up, Em. This isn’t a fucking chore,” he looks at me, “it’s a privilege.” He