On the Rocks (Becker Brothers, #1)

by Kandi Steiner

I was always open with him, and he was always trusting of me. I think that’s how I knew our love was real. There was no jealousy, no fear of being betrayed. We just… we just knew. We were a fact, you know?”

Right now, it feels like you have to do what is expected of you, that there is a standard you must meet, that in order to be happy, you have to follow this list of rules and guidelines and you have to marry a certain kind of man and live in a certain kind of house and raise certain kinds of kids.” She sort of laughed, sort of scoffed. “But, honey? That’s all bullshit.”

“Selfish. What a silly word. Should you give to the ones you love? Absolutely. But should you lose yourself in order to better their lives at the expense of your own? Never.”