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To the ones with welded iron around their scarred hearts; don’t be afraid to let your heart be soft find the joy in life and let love in
“I just think there’s a benefit in relaxing sometimes. In letting yourself feel the silly, goofy parts of life. It’s too short to be so serious all the time, you know?”
“Just remember to always find the joy in life. Laugh and love, always.”
“You’re going to pass up watching hot men play an aggressive sport to read about fictional men instead?”
Mia is six years younger than me. She is my nanny and her father is my coach. There are so many things that are wrong about this moment, but most importantly . . . She’s not Amelia. I swore I’d never replace her.
Mia might not be my responsibility, but while she’s here taking care of my daughter, the least I can do is make sure she’s taken care of too.
“He’s my boss, Andi.” She raises a brow. “So, what? What is he going to do? Report you to HR?” She lets out a chuckle. “Honey, he is HR.”
Caleb’s gaze lands on mine and he arches a brow. “That’s a dollar for the swear jar, pup.” Pup? “Pup?” Andi says, whipping her head to the side to look at him. Caleb looks between the two of us, lifting his shoulders before letting them fall. There’s a tint of red creeping across his cheeks and his throat bobs. “Sometimes her eyes look like a puppy dog’s.”
“But why?” she asks. “Why would it matter if someone else kissed me?” I drop my hand from hers, sliding it up her arm and along the base of her neck, curling my fingers around her spine. “Because it should have been me.”
“If you get lost in your head, I’ll come find you.” Emotion lodges in my throat. I stare back at her, then brush the hair away from her face. “Yeah?” A tender smile lifts her lips as she slowly nods. “Yeah.”
“You didn’t have to do that,” I say, my voice barely audible. “I don’t do things I don’t want to do, pup.”
My daughter, who looks at her as if she hung the sun and the moon and all the stars in the sky. And perhaps she did . . . Because I know my skies shine a little bit brighter with her in it.
“Some things are just meant to be,” she says. “Sometimes we find people when we aren’t even looking.” I’ve fallen for her and I’m certain there’s no way I can backtrack now. I’m too far gone and I’m in too deep. I stare back at her, her eyes burning into mine. “And sometimes they become more important to you than you ever expected them to be.”
“Do you know what fear actually does?” I shake my head at him. “It’s like a chain that keeps you from living your life to the fullest. It makes you question everything that might bring you joy or happiness, all because your fear is too busy making you worry about what might happen if you lose it.”
“You can’t fully live while you’re worrying about what you haven’t lost already.”
