Before (After, #5)
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Read between February 17 - February 17, 2024
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Hessa Playlist:
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His love for her burned brighter than any star, and he would highlight passages from ten thousand of her favorite novels to show her that.
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Sometimes I just want to drown out the world around me, and music and reading are the only things that do that for me.
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He couldn’t ruin who she thought he was, but he was terrified of their future, for he learned as a child that every lie made in the dark becomes an evil truth in the light.
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I want to be lost in the world of a novel where the characters have much worse problems than me and make me feel slightly more normal than I am.
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The question, so bold and raw, surprised him, and made him realize he was standing at the edge of a cliff. With one blow of the wind, he would tumble over.
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She awakened him, brought him light and laughter and longing and he knew from the moment her mouth found his, he would never be the same.
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He had always thought of himself as strong. He ruled everything, until she came in and took his crown.
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He was used to structured solitude, and she was wreaking havoc on that.
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She was the only reason his life turned out this way, and he would fall at her knees and thank her every second if he could.
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She’s been my calm, my fire, my breath, my pain, and no matter what we’ve gone through, every second was worth getting to the life we have now. I dragged Tess and myself through hell and back, but here we are—After everything, we made it to our own version of heaven.