Suddenly Forbidden (Gray Springs University, #1)

by Ella Fields

I didn’t realize what had happened at the time. Why I felt like I could hear my heart echoing in my ears, or why I couldn’t stop smiling for days afterward. Looking back, I realized that was the first time Quinn Burnell stole a huge chunk of my heart.

If there was anyone I could put my faith into, could leave my heart with for so long, it was him. Always him.

“I think I’ve been in love with you since I could remember, but it’s changed.” Noticing my sudden concern, he pecked my lips, then continued against them, “Gotten stronger every fucking day, month, and year. To the point where you’ve become a permanent part of me, and I don’t know if I could ever exist without you.”

His eyes on mine felt like a trip down memory lane. One filled with dandelions, stars, hay, and a tire swing underneath a willow tree.

“You smell and taste like my heart,” he whispered to the underside of my chin, pressing lazy kisses. “And you feel like fucking heaven.”

Because without the stars, the moon is left alone to battle the dark.”