IOU

by Kristy Marie

“Some people are meant to burn, and others are meant to rise from their ashes.”

IOU too many favors to count—consider my life yours. Do with me as you wish.

And that’s what I adore about her. She is who she is. Take her or leave her—she conforms to no one. Not even me.

“You owe me nothing and everything. I’m a man who played his odds. The over-under for a woman as incredible as you ever being with a man like me was ridiculous. I knew I didn’t deserve you and I never will. You see me. You got to know me when no one else did. You make me a better man. Marry me⁠—”