Revive Me, Part One: The Act (New Haven, #2)

by J.L. Seegars

To chase the whispers of the truth across the planes of her perfect face, find them in the pools of her amber eyes, and claim them as my own.

Our faces are inches apart now, and the abrupt stream of air that moves through her lips and over my skin reminds me of the moments before the kiss. When she looked at me like she’s looking at me now and followed my order without hesitation. I feel her head moving up and down, letting me know she heard me, and I release her chin.

If she’d like what I do. If she’d give in to me like she did with the kiss or fight me every step of the way, making me work for her submission. Making me earn it.

“Tell me something about you.”

Doesn’t matter. It’s not real. None of this is real.

Communication would solve all their problems

“Ready, princess?”

Not him being cute in the face of chaos 😭

Fuck. Don’t think about that shit right now.

Please!! 😮‍💨

It was a short text, just a thumbs up and a smiley face, but my heart still tried to beat out of my chest when his name popped up on my screen.

My good sis is down bad!

“Mallory, as long as we’re doing this,” he gestures between the two of us, “I can promise you that you won’t see or hear about me being with anyone else. All of my time, attention, and affection is yours.”

I’m assuming she’ll catch him with ol’ girl later on and misunderstand the situation, resulting in the 3rd act break up

“Can you kiss me right now?”

Biiiiiiitttttccccchhhh!!!! IKTR 🤣

I’m fucked.

I love when the man love interest in down bad

“Iced shaken espresso with dark caramel sauce and a splash of milk?” He

Down bad asf!

Not that she cares about superficial things like physical beauty.

Why can’t women have depth and care about looking good? Wtf is wrong with caring about the way you present yourself to the world? 🚩 🚩🚩🚩

“Let’s try that again,” I say, placing my hand on her chin and forcing her to look at me. “Hi, princess.”

Chile😮‍💨

“No.” He frowns. “You, princess. Your happiness. Your safety. Your well-being. I take it all very seriously.”

“At some point, we have to take responsibility for trusting the wrong people, though.

That’s kinda odd because I feel like it’s the fault of the person for grooming you and making you believe they’re something that they truly aren’t

In the morning we’ll get on a plane and head back to New Haven, and I’m afraid that nothing between us will have changed even though everything has for me.

I just feel like she needs to let him know whats up. Just grow a pair and tell him hownyoub feel! I'm over the back and forth pining.

“It’s more than nice, Mallory. Your smile is the thing I want most in the world. I spend every waking moment trying to find new ways to get you to give it to me. I wish for it on every shooting star and repeating number on a clock.”

Finally!!!!

“Not fake, princess. Real. Everything I feel for you, everything I want with you is real.”

pulling in a deep breath as the sight of him on his knees in front of me threatens to steal every bit of air from my lungs.

Oh now we're getting somewhere

“Yes, you do, and you’re going to say it.”

Oh!

“Margaret has had them for years, ever since your mom….” I don’t understand the silence. Vanessa and I have known each other all of our lives, she’s never shied away from hard conversations, not even when it was about death.

She must still be alive somewhere

“Next time I’m going to make you do that in a cup, so I can make sure I drink every drop.”

Omg!!!