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Time was the structure that all humanity and nature marched to, but love...love had the power of cutting you free. It erased all notion of time because it honestly didn’t exist for us anymore.
“After five years of marriage, you’re saying you want to replace me?”
“You improved me.” “I broke you more like.” “You married me.” “Same thing.”
Oh, did you hear the news about Rapture? We’ve been awarded the best Couple Retreat and Relationship Repair Award from Romance Tourism.”
I wanted you before you even arrived. You were never getting off this island, help or no help.”
“It’s because the women who would be interested in renting them scared the fucking shit out of me. Men are monsters, without a shadow of a doubt, but women? Fuck, they eat monsters for lunch.”
“Let’s just say that there are things in the past we cannot change. But they had to happen to give us the future we now hold so precious.”
Before we left Hawksridge Hall, I would give Nila a gift. A small box with the keys to a whole other world. A world accessed only by virtual reality, desire, and togetherness.
“How is that you can make me wet in two seconds flat?” “How is that you can make me so fucking hard when I had you only a few hours ago?” “It’s a curse.”
“Every day, I thank fucking fate for delivering you. Every night, I dream of losing you. Every moment, I can’t believe you’re mine.”
“I admit, I need to rest so I’m not a grumpy bastard at breakfast or a gloating asshole for having the best wife a man could hope for.” “I’m pretty sure Jethro would argue that he has the best wife. Everyone thinks they have the best.” “And they do. Because it’s true...to them.”
“You’re such a charmer.” “And you’re a witch. There’s no other explanation for how much I adore you.”
He gave me silence. He gave me peace. He gave me the chance to love my wife exactly as she deserved. Thoroughly and wholeheartedly. Forever.
