Torn (All Torn Up #1)

by Carian Cole

He’s my other half, the one who makes my heart beat. The man who makes me feel every feeling that could possibly be felt—and then some. The man who held me and loved me through almost every moment of my life. I have no past without him and no future without him. Quite simply, he is my world. There’s no way I will ever move on from a love like ours. We belong to each other. I’ve always known it, and I am utterly exhausted from fighting it, denying it, keeping myself from it, and hiding it—as I’m sure he must be, too.

I’m coming home with a clear mind and a strong heart. We’ll fight our battles together from now on.

If there are some who cannot accept our age difference, then that is their choice, but I will not let their opinions or thoughts keep me from you—the love of my life.

I believe trust is a gift from someone, just like love is. Trusting and loving someone says I have faith in you. And I appreciate the depth of that way more than I do material things. I’ll take faith over shoes any day of the week.

I live in a deep, dark, perplexing sea of people. Some might be starfish, and some might be sharks. I just bob along on my little raft, watching and learning.