Waking Olivia (The Langstrom Brothers #1)

by Elizabeth O'Roark

“I would do anything to fix this for you,” he says quietly, “and it kills me that I can’t. Tell me what to do.” It takes me a minute to reply. “You already make everything better,” I tell him. “And you’re the only one who ever has.”

“My mom trusted you with a knife, did she?” I narrow my eyes at him. “That was before she knew you’d be in the kitchen. Hope that coffee’s fast. I’m feeling stabby all of a sudden.”

“To look at you and know that you made your choice and you didn’t choose me?”

“I’ve been far from honorable for a long time,” I tell her. “And I’m not being honorable now either. I’m here because I love you. Because I’m so in love with you, I can’t see straight.”

“Then you should probably try it while you have the chance, Olivia,” he says softly, his mouth pressed to my ear, “because I’m going to be the first and the last.” I want to not smile at that but I can’t help myself. “The last, huh? Pretty sure of yourself.” He rolls us over until I’m on my back and looms over me, clearly no longer sleepy. “Yes,” he says. “I’ve never been more sure about anything.”