Without You (Without You Duet Book 1)

by Marley Valentine

It feels natural, understated almost. Like something I’ve done my whole life. Except there’s the warmth that explodes inside my chest as soon as my palm presses against him, and it... it definitely suggests otherwise.

He was touching some part of me every chance he got. And he was staring at my lips. He—my best friend’s brother—was staring at my lips. He—my boyfriend’s brother—was staring at my lips. He—my boyfriend’s straight brother—was staring at my lips. He was staring at my lips.

“You’ve had a shit run, but you could decide to come out on the other side if you wanted to.”

“It never works out the way it’s supposed to,” he says solemnly. “You of all people should know that.”

“You’re the beat of my heart, the blood in my veins, the strength in my bones. None of me works without you. And if you need me to tell you every fucking day for the rest of our lives, then I will, because you are more than enough. You’re everything.”

“He might’ve had a piece of my heart, Deacon, but you own it. It’s yours till the day you say you don’t want it.” “Never,” I breathe into his neck. “I will never not want you.” “I’m so, so fucking sorry she said that to you,” he cries. “You are not less than or undeserving of anything, Deacon Sutton. You deserve to be happy, and you deserve to feel whole, and I won’t let anyone, not even your mom, take this away from us.”