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“Ollie?” The quiver in her hands tells me it’s taking everything in her not to fall apart right now. “Just so we’re clear, you’re the one who’s walking away right now. This isn’t what I want.”
“Address, please. So I can pick you up tomorrow for our date.” “I—” “Now, Olivia.” Oh look. The feminism has left my body.
“What if I fall in love with you?” “Then I’ll fall with you, too, Ollie girl.”
“I wanna be your anything.” His hand glides up my belly and closes over my throat, angling my face toward his, his movements never slowing. “How about my everything?”
“Uh oh,” I muse with a chuckle. “Someone’s in trouble.” I balk at the unimpressed look on her face. “That was stupid. I don’t know why I said that. It’s me. I’m in trouble.”
“I’m going to be really good at loving you, Ollie. I promise. Nobody will ever do it like I do.”
“I’ve made so many mistakes in my life. So many. But you, Ollie? You’re the first thing I’ve done right.”
“You know what I think? I think we’re afraid of the things that have the power to change our lives. My life changed for the better that day I locked eyes with you. So much for the better, Ollie. I’m better when I’m with you.”
My forever is a person. It’s wide chocolate eyes that peer up at mine, and dark, silky curls that slip through my fingers. It’s a small hand in mine that warms my entire body, a smile that gets my heart thudding a little bit harder, a little bit faster. It’s the ears that hear all my dreams and the arms that hold me up when I’m tired, when I forget how to stand. It’s the lips on my jaw, my cheek, my hand, the ones that whisper my favorite I love you, that promise me a lifetime against my skin.
“There is no me without you, and I won’t stop until it’s fixed.”
“The way I love you is inexplicable. It’s so much more than just wanting to be with you but needing to more than anything. I need you, because without you, something will always be missing in this life, just out of reach.
You’re all the best parts, the cozy snuggles, the quiet conversations while we’re lying in bed, the sleepy mornings. The way my whole body comes alive when I see you for the first time after coming home, the way your face lights up and you jump into my arms and hold me like you need me as much as I need you.”
