Lala

“You deserve someone who loves you. Who lets you shine and become who you are meant to be. Not someone who holds you back, and for now, that can be me.”
― Stefanie K. Steck, Somebody Like Me

“We’re roommates.” Immediately, he backpedals. “I-I mean, not just roommates, obviously…”
“No, we’re much more than that,” Lyssa supplies, nodding at my son encouragingly. This is like watching a bad sitcom. They’re both terrible liars.
“We’re like, all the things,” Mason says finally.
Lyssa smiles brightly. “All of them!”
And then they high five.
Christ.”
― Jessa Kane, The Loner's Lady

“One thing,” she whispered, her lips by his jaw. She didn’t want anyone to overhear. “Before I forget.” “What’s that?” “Stop writing about me.” Only Eva could’ve noticed the change in his expression. She saw the flinch. The slow, satisfied curl of his lip. His bronzy-amber eyes flashing. It was like he’d been waiting years to hear those words. Like the girl whose pigtails he’d been yanking during recess all year had finally shoved him back. He looked gratified. In a voice both raspy and low, and so, so familiar, Shane said, “You first.”
― Tia Williams, Seven Days in June

“A woman’s body is a gift to a man, especially when she respects herself.”
― Desiree ., The Perfect Sister