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Finding a woman who not only was she attracted to and liked but who also liked and was attracted to her was harder. And scarier.
“I was thinking, if you were open to it … I could sleep with you.”
You kiss me hello and goodbye and you make me miss you and want to cuddle, and that wasn’t supposed to happen!
“I want you to be in my life because my life is better with you in it.”
“I can’t be your friend because I’m in love with you.”
“I’m in love with you and that’s not just going to go away because we aren’t sleeping together. I think … I think maybe you love me, too. Or you could, and you’re just too scared to do anything about it.”
“The world wants to sell the lie, especially to beautiful young women like you, that love is the pinnacle of what you should aspire to. But know, my dear, that there’s so much more for you to look forward to than that. In the grand scheme of this life, you have all the power to control your fate if you make the smart choices.”
“There’s a difference between being happy about something and being happy. One of them is fleeting.”
“I’ve learned that love is about finding someone who pulls you to them even when reason might tell you otherwise. Someone who pushes you out of your comfort zone, not because of them doing or saying anything, necessarily, but because they make you want to try new things. They make you want to be daring because maybe something new and scary doesn’t feel quite as scary by their side.”
“Someone you see all of. Strengths and flaws, even the ones they aren’t aware of.” The times she’d seen not only how clever and passionate and ambitious Charlotte was – both in impressive ways and in detrimental ones. But also the times she was able to see how beautifully vulnerable she could be, too. How loyal, how sympathetic. In ways she knew Charlotte didn’t see herself in. “Someone who sees you for everything you are, too.” She bit her lip. “Someone who sees all of it and chooses you, anyway.”
“And the only thing that could ever be better than feeling this way about that person is that they feel it back.”
“I’m in love with you, Sutton. Terrifyingly, irreversibly, life-alteringly in love with you.”
“Charlotte Thompson, will you marry me?” The smile on her face was both playful and so sincerely happy in a way that she didn’t think anyone but Charlotte could accomplish. “Try to stop me.”