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What I don’t realize is that I’ll be fighting the urge to stare at Jasper Gervais for years to come.
is why women don’t belong out hunting. Too upsetting.”
Ew youre a bastard
“I mean, you look beautiful,” I rush out, grimacing when I note her eyes widening. “You always do. You just don’t look . . . happy?”
Plus, I remember how Sloane looks at a man when she really wants him. And she isn’t looking at her fiancé the way she used to look at me.
He’s consumed every corner of me since I first laid eyes on him, and he’s never looked at me as more than a little sister.
“If you need an out. If you need a getaway car. I’m your girl. I won’t say a thing. I won’t judge you. But if this isn’t right? If you need to run? Like . . .”
“Jas. Get me the fuck out of here. I wanna go to the ranch.”
“Beau is missing.”
Her life is in shambles, and she’s still here comforting other people. Sloane is selfless.
I let myself admit that the way I love Sloane might not be how one friend loves another at all.
“That’s probably what you tell all the girls, Gervais.” “Nah, Sunny. You’re my only girl.”
But the more time I have to think about everything that’s led me here . . . about how a real family unit behaves when something bad happens . . . the more I wonder how the fuck I got to where I am.
This hit me too hard woah
Imagining something happening between us was right on par with making out with my pillow and pretending it was Justin Timberlake.
Lollll
A dry sob heaves up in his chest, and my chin darts up higher to look closely at him.
Awe noooo
he lurches past me toward a thick pillar and empties his stomach onto the pavement.
Oh man hes taking this so hard i want to hug him
Because getting attached hurts, and finding someone to get attached to that I can trust at this point in my career seems downright impossible.
“It’s just you and me. Together. And I’m safe.”
I’m not good enough for her. Never have been. Never will be . . .
he finally responds with, “Every fucking day, Sunny.”
“It’s your eyes.”
I was wrong about the sky. I was wrong about the eggshell. It’s the glacier lake. I see her everywhere.
She treads water and turns away to look at the mountains, just black silhouettes against the fiery sky. I sit up and stare. It
thoughts. Because I’ve been staring at Jasper Gervais since I was ten years old, and suddenly . . . he’s staring back.
If you have Jasper Gervais’s attention, you’ve got it all, and that’s because he wants you to have it.
Jasper: I don’t like talking to people. Sloane: You talk to me. Jasper: You’re not people. Sloane: Lmao. What am I then? Jasper: My person.
The sky is blue. The grass is green. And I’ve loved Jasper Gervais from the first day I laid eyes on him.
“Relax, Sloane. Bend over the table.”
😳
It’s so steep.
Absolutely NOT!
“Jas. I’m right here. You kept us safe. Everything is okay. You did so good. Thank you for always looking out for me.”
“I might.” “Nev—” Before I can say never, he cuts me off with, “Because I think I’m about to fuck everything up between us.” And then he kisses me.
Its midnight and friends just kissed!!!
“You’re not alone. I’m right there with you.”
Fuck my safety. If I died riding Jasper Gervais in the driver’s seat of this truck, I might be fine with that.
LOL
That’s a special hell. One I have no intention of living in because I’ve given my demons enough of myself already—they can’t have her too.
“Times have changed, Sloane. I’m not scared anymore. You’re not my fucking friend. You’re just mine.”
I get a full view of the tiny ballerina inked on his skin.
“See, Sloane? You can wear someone else’s ring, but we both know you’ve always been mine.”
“They found him! He’s safe!”
“I feel like I could crumble under the weight of not wanting to disappoint you. I’m paralyzed by my fear of losing you.”
Because Jasper isn’t an overly emotional man, and that might be the first time I’ve really heard him admit what this all means to him.
Sunny, you’ve always been my girl.
Theo shrugs and smiles. “Married for now, maybe.”
Foreshadowing!!!
Adulting is hard when your parents fuck you up, ya know?”
I wanted to go to her with a plan. Proof. I wanted to be able to assure her that my career was safe. That we were safe.”
me: I can live without hockey but I can’t live without Sloane.
“Any chance you have a spare room?” She looks down at her suitcase and then back up at Harvey. Her smile is watery. “I could really use a safe spot to get my bearings.”
Woaaaaa
The best thing I can do for her at this point is lead by example. I don’t want that life for Sloane. I don’t want him for Sloane. She’s going to need you to be there for her when she breaks free of them.”
HELL YES MAMA
Turns out I’m a dragon and I’m fed the fuck up with boys and their bullshit.
The feminine rage is EVERYTHING.
“Sunny, I’m sorry I’m late.”
Omg k crying
Nothing is more important than being here with you.
the loud clatter of the chair hitting the floor.
LOLLL
