Melt for You (Slow Burn, #2)

by J.T. Geissinger

Men are never punished as severely as women for breaking the rules, because men made all the rules in the first place.

Yours until the sun flames out and all life on earth is extinguished, Prancer

But I don’t care. Today is the worst day of my life. Cam is gone, and I do not feel like being messed with.

“Being nice is the worst thing a woman can be. Nice means you have to swallow your own feelings and focus on everyone else’s. Nice means you don’t speak up when you’re wronged. Nice means being a people pleaser and a conciliator and worrying yourself to death over others’ opinions. Nice means never getting what you really want.”

But what I really mean is that when you’re focused on being nice, you won’t tell a truth that needs telling, because the worst thing a nice girl could ever do is hurt someone’s feelings. A better thing to focus on is being real.”

It’s like a giant violent orgy.

He gestures to the cat bed under the dining room table, where Mr. Bingley contentedly snoozes with a sleek black cat half his size named Cleo. Cam adopted her from a shelter when I first arrived because he thought it was time for Mr. Bingley to give up his bachelorhood. The two cats have been inseparable ever since. Even in sleep, they’re curled around each