Execution (Off Balance, #2)

by Lucia Franco

"Listen, human nature is fucked up. It’s more honest, and more humane, to just lie." —Anonymous

Hayden was my solace, my comfort zone.

"Lyubov' ne to, chto vy mozhete ponyat', eto to, chto vy chuvstvuyete v svoyem serdtse. Net slov, eto prosto tak."

Love is not something you can understand, it's something you feel in your heart. There are no words, it's just the way it is.

There was something comforting I found in him I couldn't explain. An aura of peace, soothing, and I fed off it.

Sometimes the moments in life that caused the most damage to the heart put us on the path of reward and gratification. To the greatest glory.

Then I noticed the ball cap…and I was done.

a man in a baseball cap is my undoing

Hurt what is mine and there will be consequences.

I loved his hands on me. Like he wanted them there as much as I did, like he couldn't get enough of touching me.

"Stop fighting me or I will hold you down and fuck you senseless."

the way I would take out the boxing gloves

Feel that between us? That chemistry, that fire. The harmony of two people who are so wrong for each other but somehow come together, throwing everything off balance to the point that nothing makes sense but it feels right. That is us. That is trust. You do not let someone into your body you do not trust.

"I wish you could see yourself through my eyes, only then would you realize how much you mean to me."

Leaning forward, Kova licked his lips before he pressed them to mine and kissed me. But this wasn't any regular kiss. It was a kiss that wrapped around my soul and embraced the worst and best parts of me. He kissed me like he loved me.

Strength didn't come from what you could do, it came from the power within one’s heart, a determination unlike no other to thrive.

I took a risk for you. Now take a risk for me and drop every fear you have ever had. Go out there and be defiant. Refuse to lose.

I was so drawn to him, like a magnet ready to collide with its counterpart.

I will always be by your side, that is, if you will have me.

"By the way, I would find you anywhere." I tilted my head to the side in confusion. "You said you are going to move so I cannot show up whenever I wanted. Ria, I will always find you. You have a part of me that no one has ever had, as I do with you."

I needed Hayden. He was my only friend. The only one who didn't cause me pain and exhaustion and devastation. The one constant who I could lean on when things got rough.

girl just love him instead 😭😭😭

I just wanted to release it all, and so I did…with Hayden.

but girl if you're just using him and you're gonna break his heart then CUT IT OUT BC I LOVE HIM