The Life That Mattered (Roe & Evie, #1; Life, #1)

by Jewel E. Ann

“You’re like the sun, Evelyn. No matter how you try to cover it up or hide it, it’s always shining.”

Right then Evelyn became my beginning and my end—origin and destination. And maybe … if the impossible could find a way to be possible, she could be everything in between.

Maybe you don’t. I have no fucks to give about it because for the first time in a long time, I can’t wait to take off my gear and find you at the end of every day. Before you, I was the first to work. The first one making tracks after a fresh round of snow. Now … I show up on time for work. Not too early, but not late. Just on time because it’s impossible to leave you in the morning. I want one more kiss. One more minute just to look at you. One more smile. One more whisper of my name ‘Roe …’ from your beautiful lips. Roe … no one has ever called me that. And when you say it, I feel like the goddamn king of the world. I want this, and I’ve never wanted anything more than seeking the next adventure. But you … you make me want to stay.”

“That’s the thing about you, Evie … I had no idea I was waiting for someone until you arrived.”

Could she be mine if I didn’t give her all of myself?

People with broken souls didn’t have real smiles. They grimaced from the broken pieces of their soul impaling their heart.