Suddenly Forbidden (Gray Springs University, #1)

by Ella Fields

“I’m gonna marry you someday, Daisy June.”

“Okay, your dad says I’m being clingy, and that if I want you to still answer my calls, I need to ease up.”

“Why don’t I need to worry?”

“Because … you’re already spoken for. And I don’t think your mama will mind.”

“Oh, really? And why w...

“You and I both know the answer to that,” I said quietly. She swallowed, and I made my move, lowering my forehead to rest on hers. “...

“You want to d...

“Hasn’t that always been obvious?”

“I’m not scared. You and me … like the moon and the stars, we’re permanent.”

Quinn smiled at her. “Only one thing I wanna play, and one college I wanna play it at, unless this one changes her mind and wants to go someplace else.”

“The more times we do it, right?”

“Oh, my God. I’ve created a monster.”

“You say the nicest things sometimes. Will you go out with me?”

“Ouch. Say it, don’t shank me with it.”

That was the thing about first love. People often said a first love stayed with you long after you met your second, third, or even fourth love. What they failed to mention was that kind of permanence resonated deeper for some and made it almost impossible to let go. Leaving you to walk the earth feeling as though you were constantly missing a part of yourself.

“Don’t get too ahead of yourself, Q tip.”

“I’ll give you more than my Q tip. Just gotta tell me when and where.”

“You did not just s...

“You had it c...

“Chill, Burnell. She owes me a kiss because I won her a frog. Should I just take what’s mine now? Or would you prefer I wait until you’ve finally won her back?”

“You put your lips anywhere near her again, I’ll rip them clean off.”

“I’m gonna marry you someday, Daisy June.”

“It was never an offer. It was a statement. A feeling I had in my gut.”

“I’m gonna put another baby in you, Daisy June.”