It makes me realize that love, being intimate and vulnerable, isn’t about being confident enough to conquer the world. It’s about being patient, listening, and learning how to grow into the people we need to be, together. For him, I would try anything. I can’t imagine who I’d be if he hadn’t… happened upon me. If he hadn’t happened to me, really. “Yeah,” I say when we stop kissing. “I don’t want to hook up just for the weekend. I’m yours, Jason Spearman, for as long as you’ll have me.” He flashes me an ear-splitting grin. He kisses me on the head. “Good. You already stole my heart, Eileen
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