Protecting You (Bailey Brothers, #1)

by Claire Kingsley

It made me think of a story Gram had once told me, about a seed buried in the dirt. She’d said something inside the seed knew when the temperature was just right, and the sprout would break through the casing. Then it had to struggle through the soil for a while, pushing past pebbles and roots, before finally breaking the surface to find sunlight.

And all this, right here, was what had kept me from ever making a move with Grace. She was a part of this family. So were her mom and her little brother. Our lives, and the lives of everyone we both loved, were tightly intertwined.

Grace had lodged herself into my heart a long time ago, and she hadn’t left room for anyone else to get in.

Two, I didn’t just have a thing for Grace. I was in love with her. Crazy fucking in love with her.

He was asking for a summer, but if I gave him so much as a moment, I’d have to give him all my moments. My heart wouldn’t accept anything less.

He was everything. He was home.

No matter what happened, no matter how bad things got, Asher was mine. And I would always belong to him.