Hold Me (Cyclone #2)

by Courtney Milan

But you never like a friend’s boyfriend the way you love your friend. I don’t believe in unconditional love under the best of circumstances. I don’t even believe in unconditional like. The friendship I have with my best friend’s boyfriend is both reluctant and conditional. We will be cool as long as you treat her well, but screw that up, and I will cut you to shreds.

really don’t believe in unconditional anything. I only believe in conditions I have yet to discover.

I want him to want me because I want him to not have me.

“Give me some credit,” I tell her. “If I wanted to date someone from Cyclone, I wouldn’t limit myself to women.”

It’s not anyone’s fault.” Nobody’s but mine, for wanting stupid things.

it’s actually really believable to me that someone could fall for you in a month. You’re really great.”

“You’re all in for everyone else,” Tina says. “Always, all the time. I think you’re freaking out right now because the only person in your life you aren’t all in for is yourself.”