Defy Me (Shatter Me, #5)

by Tahereh Mafi

I’m done. So if you want nice Kenji maybe you should check back in the morning, because right now all I’ve got is jack shit in the way of pleasantries.”

Thank you for appreciating my face. I’ve always thought I had an underappreciated face.”

“I understand. Does she help you sound out the big words?”

“Hell yeah we can cry about it later.”

Kenji tugs gently on my hand to get us moving again. “I have so much shit to cry about, J. So much. We should make, like, a list.”

And I realize then, in a moment that terrifies me, that I want this, forever. I want to spend the rest of my life with her. I want to build a future with her. I want to grow old with her. I want to marry her.

“You are a plague upon my life, Kishimoto.” “I said you’re welcome.”