Where We Found Our Passion (Lost & Found, #3)

by Natasha Bishop

“I would very much like to kiss you, but if I do that means you’d be mine so I need to know if you’d be into that.”

“Pretend I’m holding a mirror up to you so you can see yourself. The real you. Not the version your dad wants you to see.”

“I’m always gonna root for the thing that makes you happy so we’ll never be at odds, but if we ever are then I stand by what I said, yes.”

She looks up at me as though I’m the answer to every question she’s ever had, and I mentally vow to always be that for her.

Sometimes I wonder what I did to deserve him but then I think that he might just be some kind of reward from the universe for dealing with the parents I was given.

There’s not a damn thing in this world that could make me stop fighting for her. Except her. Because if she doesn’t think we’re worth fighting for then what’s the point?

I’m nervous as all hell. In just a few days I’m going to come face to face with the only man who could possibly unravel the careful facade I’ve created for myself.

The revelation that Olivia Harding has always been and will always be one thing above anything else. Mine.

“I’m sure you’ve changed since I last saw you. I’m sure you’ve grown; I know I have. But at your core, you are still the same badass who took my world by storm, so yes, I do know you. And you know me. For as long as we’re on this earth and even after that, our souls will recognize each

other so don’t give me some bullshit about you’re not the same, Olivia. You have always been and always will be one of the strongest women I know, and you do not back away from a challenge so lay your ass back down on this mat and get it done.”

We used to be able to have entire conversations without words, and now we have no idea how to talk to each other. What a gut punch.

She was my best friend before she was the love of my life, and I’d like to get that back if nothing else.

“I’ve changed a lot over the last thirteen years, Olivia. I look forward to us getting reacquainted.”

“I think you miss me as much as I miss you, and you don’t know what to do with that so you’re pushing me away. You’ve been running from me for the last thirteen years, but now you have to face whatever it was you couldn’t face back then, and it scares the shit out of you.

But here’s the thing. If you’d just take your wall down one damn inch you’d realize that there isn’t a war I wouldn’t fight, dragon I wouldn’t slay, or mountain I wouldn’t climb for you. You don’t even have to ask. All you have to do is let me in.”

That stubborn woman is going to be the death of me or the death of my dick, whichever comes first.

Seven weeks with her and I’m already tired of pretending like her very existence doesn’t set my soul on fire. Like I’m not starving to devour every inch of her.

She smelled like coconut, tasted like honey, and felt like home.

“Because I want you to understand that if you really want something, you have to be willing to work for it. To give it your blood, sweat, and tears.”

In other words, she wanted a buffer between us for tonight. Clever girl. It won’t work, though, because I don’t give a fuck if Shane’s there or not. I would bend her ass over the kitchen table and let Shane watch, that’s how badly I want her, so she can fuck around and find out if she wants to.

“You should know by now I’d wait an eternity for you, Olivia.”

I’m not spending all my time with you because I feel obligated to. I’m doing it because I want to. I’ve missed you. I’ve spent the last thirteen years of my life wondering about the woman you turned out to be, missing the sound of your laugh and the peace that settles over me whenever you’re around, so if you think I’m going to spend the time I have with you with my friends who I see every fucking day, you’ve forgotten who I am. You are my priority. That will never change.”

“I want you to understand what you’re signing up for if you connect your lips with mine. My self-control is a fraying thread, and every time you touch me in a way that’s more than friendly or show me a version of you that wants this as much as I do, it unravels a little more. I’m a strong man but I am not invincible, so if you do this, the thread officially snaps. All fucking bets are off.”

I can do what I want, and what I want is to pleasure your body until your voice is hoarse from screaming so much. That okay with you?”

“You know what happens next, right?” I chuckle. “I mean, I thought this was the part where you reintroduce your dick to my pussy, but if something else is about to happen, by all means do tell.”

I want to love her completely, in all her forms, for the rest of our lives. I just need her to want that too.

I could feast on every part of your body for the rest of my life and never feel more full. I could survive solely on the taste of you.”

You hold so much power inside of you, Liv. Don’t ever let anyone take it from you.”

I’ve graduated with a PhD in her pleasure and made it my mission to be her best student.

“One of these days you’ve gotta stop thanking me for doing what I’m supposed to do.”