Stay With Me (Stay with Me, #1)

by Nicole Fiorina

It was in that moment I noticed his green eyes. They were beautiful. Rare. A color so distinguishable, but indescribable at the same time. It was the color of the reflection of palm trees across a shoreline when the sun was at its highest point in the day. The color was noon. It wasn't the deep blue shade of the ocean past the reflection of the tree line, or the white when the foam gathered in the sand, but the sweet spot in the middle. It was the perfect timing when three of God’s creations collided: the sun, trees, and water.

“She’s a monster and masterpiece, worthy of someone to both quiet her dark side and light the colors of her soul on fire.” —Oliver Masters

“The inescapable truth is, we are destined for this. No matter your resistance, our hearts are relentless. Each time we drift, we’ll only collide once more over and over again in inescapable truth: you and I belong together.”

“Some search their entire lives for this single moment. Don’t blink, my love. We’re finally here.” —Oliver Masters

Life consists of tiny moments. Moments that define you, moments that shape you, moments that lead you down a path of reflection, self-discovery, and purpose. These heartbeats of moments are collections of who you are and who you are meant to be—little moments. And we only remember the ones that have impacted our souls.

“This girl is my heaven. With lips of an angel, the sweet taste of mercy lingers. She has halos in her eyes, and my heart beats to the sound of her wings.” —Oliver Masters

"You're my everything. You're my heaven." "And you're my hell," I replied, cupping his face in my palms and pulling him to his feet.

“And If one day I don’t recognize you, I’ll love you anyway.” —Oliver Masters

“How do you do it, my love? My haven is in your heart and my shelter is in your arms. When your eyes find mine, they give me refuge from the storm. Did you know I’m homesick without you?”

"I'm no longer the girl you fell in love with, Ollie. I'm broken now. I'm not strong anymore. I don't have my walls up, or my switch flipped." "How is the light supposed to shine through your walls, Mia?" He exhaled as another tear fell from his eye, and he looked up to the ceiling for composure or to find words. "You think that's why I fell in love with you, yeah? Because you were tough? I saw straight through your bullshit from the beginning. You could never hide from me. Yeah, you tried to push me away, but I saw the truth in you. Around me, you are different because it's us. And I fell in love with us.”