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I’ve had twenty birthday parties of my own and participated in countless more for all the other students.
Nothing soothes a somber heart quite like cake.
Within these walls, I’m content. But contentment isn’t the same as freedom.
You’re the Briar family hero. I don’t feel like it yet, but I will be. I’ll save my family. I’ll save our reputation, our finances, and our future. I’ll break this curse and be the hero they wanted me to be. All I have to do is sacrifice my heart and marry a man I don’t love.
You don’t have to do anything to earn their love. You are enough exactly as you are.
care because you deserve to be cared about, exactly as you are. You don’t have to earn that. You just have it. My care is yours.”
just need you to know—no matter what happens—that you never have to earn anyone’s care. Not Monty’s. Not your family’s. Not mine. No one’s. You deserve to be cared about. You, my enemy. You, my friend. You, the girl who haunted my dreams. You are worthy as you are in every form.”
“I want you,” I state without hesitation. My body thrums with my conviction. Stars above, I want him. Someone who is mine. My choice. My desire. Bargains, curses, and family rivalries aside, I want him. My baker, my villain, my dance partner, my friend, my enemy. All of that. I want him. “I need you, Thorne.”
It secretly states that I love her. That I’ve deeply and completely fallen for the girl that should be my nemesis. That even though I’ll never ask her to choose me, I’ll choose her. I’ll choose her over revenge, over the feud that threatens to break us, over the name I was born with, over the family I’m supposed to be loyal to. I’ll choose her. And I’ll do anything it takes—sacrifice everything, even my own heart—to ensure she gets the happiness she desires.
I don’t know what kind of man I am, and I honestly don’t care. A liar, a lover, a villain. I’ll be all that and more. For her.
