Reverse (The Bittersweet Symphony Duet, #2)

by Kate Stewart

“I want you to remember this moment. Right here, right now, just you and me in a fucking SUV, taking a drive to nowhere.” He looks at me pointedly. “Promise me you’ll remember this.”

“Two tornadoes killing sixteen people, left and right fighting, as usual. Tell me how this is uplifting?” “It’s my life.” “No, it’s other people’s lives.”

“You’re bored. You’ve realized it. You followed a trail that piqued your interest, and it led to a little self-discovery. It’s not a fucking crime to realize that you feel you’re lacking in some ways. What would make it a crime is if you didn’t do shit about it. You’re an intelligent woman, and now you know what you want and what you don’t. Figuring it out is all part of it, right?”

“You slept,” is his reply as I slip into the truck, inhaling his heavenly sage and woods scent. “Like a rock, finally, and I feel amazing,” I glance over at him as I settle in. “It shows,” he replies low, closing me into the cab.

“I want you to remember this moment, right now, right here, just you and me in a fucking SUV, taking a drive to nowhere. Promise me you’ll remember this.”

“What took you so fucking long?”