“Look at me,” I say firmly. She does, and I do my best to search for the words I know she needs to hear right now. “You are the strongest, smartest, most intriguing woman I’ve ever met. If this idiot can’t see that, let him go find less. I promise it won’t make him happy in the end. And one day, you’re going to find someone with a monster cock and good credit—or whatever you girls are into these days—and he’s going to love every bit of your sassy fucking attitude. That’s what you deserve, Liv. Not some dipshit who’s so threatened