When Nothing Else Matters (Heartstrings, #1)

by Katherine Jay

“I want this. I want you. I want us. I don’t think I’ve ever wanted anything more.”

“Summer, I need you to tell me we’re going to be okay. I need to hear the words because I’m so in love with you that I can’t bear to stay in any kind of limbo.”

“Summer, you are perfect to me. Everything about you is perfect for me. When I look at you, I see my future. I’ll admit that at first, these intense feelings scared the hell out of me and kept me away, but it didn’t change the fact that the feelings are there. I love you. I’m in love with you. I should have focused on that instead of everything else we had going on. Because Summer, nothing else matters. I love you and—”

This is it. She is it for me. I’m going to marry this girl. Breaking our stare, I lower my lips to hers and make love to the girl I adore more than anything else in the world.

“I used to think that becoming your fake best friend was the best thing to ever happen to me, but now that I’m on one knee, looking into your eyes and seeing our future, I know that the best is yet to come. Every day with you is better than the last. Summer, I love you. Will you marry me?”