“You want a line? How about this one…” He clears his throat and leans toward me. “ ‘I’ve always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.’ ” I feel myself melting inside, goosebumps rising everywhere. But I play it cool and say, “Quoting Tolstoy could just be part of your act.” “Yep,” he says, grinning back at me. “And to think I usually have to quote Tolstoy before I get in a girl’s bed.”
