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Her energy is as addictive as her language is colorful.
“Whatever you say,” he replies smoothly. “I just can’t fall in love with you, right?” I chuckle as I twist the doorknob to leave. “Oh, Stefan. I think you already are.”
Sometimes what you want isn’t what you need.”
I’m just independent with clearly defined boundaries.
Same
“Trust me, Dr. Thorne, if I had you up against a wall, you’d be the meal.”
There’s something about a woman who wields her brain like a weapon and her tongue like a whip that makes me want to worship at her feet.
“I’m not really a big fan of surprises to be honest. I like a nicely laid out plan. A clear path.”
“Sometimes unexpected surprises change the course of our life in the most irrevocable of ways.
Life is one big adventure, Mira, don’t let it pass you by while you’re stuck on a boring old path.”
“Because the idea of being beholden to a man annoys me. I don’t like having to report what I’m doing or why I’m doing it or where I am. They always have all these expectations, and I don’t like feeling like I can’t do whatever I want without running it past someone else.”
I secretly love this side of her. The resting bitch face. Even when she looks at me like that, her fierceness is exciting. She’s not afraid to let her claws out, and I’m not afraid to get scratched.
Truthfully, I rage-played Mario Kart on my phone the entire way here rather than attempt to make small talk with her.
I could keep her secrets. She could be soft with me. She could let loose with me, and I’d still stand back and let her be the fiercely independent woman she is. I don’t want to tame her; I just want a front-row seat to watch her win the race.
He plays checkers. But I play chess.
