Dirty Like Me (Dirty, #1)

by Jaine Diamond

“Maybe he’s falling for you, too.” “Don’t start putting that shit in my head.” “Katie…” “What?” There was a long, strained silence as trucks whipped by on the highway and I braced myself for what I knew was coming. “Do you seriously believe you can’t be loved?”

maybe there was something I was missing, and once we were together I’d find out what it was. But that never happened, and after a while I accepted the fact that we weren’t right for each other. But it takes a while to navigate breaking up from someone you care about whose life is so intertwined with yours. I never wanted to hurt her, but I knew I couldn’t stay with her.”

“Babe, you have history. And he broke your heart.” “I didn’t want him to break my heart.” “No one wants a broken heart, sweetheart.” “I mean, I wished that I’d never given him that power. I know I pretend I’m over it, but I think I still hate him because it makes it easier to pretend he didn’t hurt me. That he wasn’t ever someone who amazed me and thrilled me and put a smile on my face. That he wasn’t ever the man of my dreams. Or at least, the man I thought was the man of my dreams.”