Love on the Brain
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Read between March 31 - April 21, 2025
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Levi. Oh, Levi.
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And they’ll have his name. And Penny will know it was her dad, and she—”
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“We’re going to build those helmets. Together.”
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“Peter will know. Penny will know. Lily will know. And you will know.”
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“I used to dream of you,”
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“I want to fuck you.”
Monika
Heart fluttered, but why use such words.
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piercing on my nipple.
Monika
Owww.
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when he first saw me I changed the chemistry of his brain.
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“You’re too big for the bed,”
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Next time we’ll do this in mine,”
Monika
Next..time?
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“But I’ll make it up to you. With my mouth. Or my fingers. If— Bee. Bee.”
Monika
If you know you know.
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I need more. He needs more.
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“Good girl.”
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“You’ll get used to me,”
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pushing my hair back from my forehead with trembling hands,
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Delicious pressure.
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“I’m trying to make it last,” he pants. “I don’t want this to end.”
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I love his weight on me.
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HAPPINESS
Monika
Make it last. Please. :(
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“We should celebrate!” someone’s yelling. We ignore him and keep on smiling.
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he accused me of pushing him to sleep with other women because I was “a total starfish” during sex
Monika
Tim, everything I have learned about you was against my will.
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I’ve spent zero seconds of the last twenty-four hours wondering whether Levi thinks I’m a shit lay.
Monika
A man that doesn't make you feel insecure and stressed. Lovely.
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Maybe it’s the swift, covert glances he’s been giving me all day long.
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Guy begged to be test subject number one.
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“I’ve been wanting to start a dedicated neuroscience team.
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left. I look around to make sure we’re alone, like I’m asking Levi for his secret apple pie recipe. I’m ridiculous.
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just a meal between two horny friends who happen to share dietary preferences.
Monika
You are an idiot, Bee.
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The first hummingbird of the year.
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“I have hummingbird shit on my face, don’t I?”
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“Can I kiss you?”
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I could fall in love with this hesitant, shy version of Levi Ward—
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“I just wanted to say that . . .” I smile. “Red lipstick looks great on you.”
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But. If it were.
Monika
Oh, Bee.
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But maybe it’s the hour we spent reframing some of our most traumatic grad school memories.
Monika
Bonding over trauma is really a popular method to become closer! Probably.
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Possibly from the other night, when he slept on my windpipe, gave me suffocation nightmares,
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“I believe I was promised some anal expression?” He shakes his head. “It was to lure you here. Don’t believe everything you’re told.”
Monika
This is diabolical without context. My god.
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Levi is the perfect combination of Sexy Guy™, Handsome Guy™, and Cute Guy
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we’ve been fuckbuddies
Monika
Don't call it that!
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Levi wasn’t going to say “Before you,” because I’m not his Common Era.
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And a lot happens between the beginning and the end.”
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This is not my body. Or maybe it is, but Levi’s in charge, and I don’t mind.
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He makes sense of me,
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“You should just move in,”
Monika
GASP
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“Bring your stuff here.”
Monika
OKAY.
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“I have a better bed. Better cat. Better hummingbirds.”
Monika
Now that was uncalled for!
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“They show up when you’re not around. You’ll have to move in to see them.”
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“FYI, I wear a retainer at night.” “Sexy.”
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“It’s everything I ever wanted.”
Monika
My heart is weak.
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IT’S SATURDAY MORNING and we’re cooking together—
Monika
You…that seems more than a friends with benefits activity. Cooking together?
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He stiffens, lips thinning.