Echoes of You (Lost & Found, #2)

by Catherine Cowles

Grae bit her lip and nodded. “Nash didn’t tell me you were coming back. I’m gonna junk-punch him for that.”

Hahaahh i love grae

Because I’d loved Nash Hartley for as long as I could remember. Cedar Ridge was just a place. But Nash would always be home.

“Who. Did. This?”

“He’s wrong. I know you. Down to your soul. If you’ve forgotten who you are, ask me, and I’ll remind you.”

“You can’t stand between me and the world.” Nash reached out, his hand cupping my cheek. His thumb swept back and forth, the calluses on it sending pleasant shivers across my skin. “I can damn well try.” He pressed his forehead to mine. “No one in this world is more important to me than you.”

“Mads, I’ll always stand up for you. I won’t be stupid about it, but this asshole will understand that his days of messing with you are over. He doesn’t get to stay here. He doesn’t get to breathe your air.”

“I got you, Mads. Always,” he whispered.

“I’ve always loved you. Maybe even before I met you. I loved you when we were little kids and awkward pre-teens and when I finally realized what that emotion might mean. I loved you when we graduated high school and through college and every day since. Even when you were gone, the echoes of you still lived inside me, and I would play them over and over in my mind just so I wouldn’t lose the sound. I’ve loved you in every incarnation, and that will never end.”

“I’ve loved you every day I’ve known you. No one has ever made me feel safer. More cared for. More myself. You can make the simplest things the most fun and anything an adventure. There’s no one I’d rather spend my days with. I love you, Nash. I always will.”

“You make me feel safe, understood, seen…loved. You have for my entire life. I wouldn’t trade that for a million fancy dinners.”

“Love you.” “More than I thought possible,”