The Right Side of Forever (The Perfect Duet, #2)

by Meghan Quinn

“Because life is fucked up and doesn’t work like the fairy tales we used to watch as little girls. Life is complicated, a roller coaster of emotions that strips us bare and exposes all of our insecurities.

“Yeah. You matter to me, Ryan. Just about killed me seeing you walk away that night.” Everything felt wrong. My skin. My heart beat. My breath. Everything.

“I love you so much, Colby. For the first time in months I feel like I can finally breathe, like the weight on my chest has finally lifted.”

“I still can’t believe this is real, that you’re in my bed, holding me. I put my feelings to rest, knowing you were going to end up with someone else. I was trying to accept it, but you’re here, with me.”

I won’t stop loving you. I won’t stop writing. And I won’t stop feeling you everywhere I go. You’re ingrained in my soul.

There is no way to measure perfect, not in this world, not when everyone is imperfect in their own right.”

I thought Rory was the one who breathed color into my life, but boy, was I fucking wrong. You’ve made me see colors I never thought existed.

Just like there is a right and left side of perfect, there is a right and left side of forever. The left side of forever represents the relationships that come and go in your life but have had an impact on the person you’ve become. The right side of forever provides the relationship that stays with you, the relationship that’s imprinted itself so deep into your bone marrow that you live and breathe for that person. You’re my right side of forever, baby.

I see the girl you see, and she falls on the left side of perfect and on the right side of your forever.”

It’s not just about love, but about friendship. It’s easy to fall in love, to be infatuated with another person, but what makes a love last a lifetime is the foundation it’s built from.

She’s the left side of perfect. She’s the right side of my forever. She’s my everything.

I knew I would get married one day, that I would find the right person, but I never knew the person would be as absolutely incredible as you. You’ve consumed me, taught me about perseverance and strength. You’ve shown me what true, soul-bearing love is, and that it’s the type of love that’s eternal.