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“I’m a Goode through and through. My name is all that I am.”
He used his grip on her hair to pull her head back, forcing her to meet his gaze when he bit out, “That is not all you are. You are my everything. You are my world. Do you understand that?”

“If you want me on my knees, darling, I’m already there.”

“Viktor hummed a low note. “I get that, but, sunshine….”

Do we get a Viktor book? 🥲

'Glass Onion' vibes

I feel like I have 'introverted moth' potential

This is so sad 😭

“Good. I like that you’re mine.”

“Yes, she was different, and yes, she was perfect. He would change the world to have her. The alternative was unthinkable.”

“I am very sensitive to touch, and I don’t believe I gave you permission to handle me.”

“What would it take to earn permission?”

“… he insisted, sensing that this was important, that she needed to see him as a man first and Sovereign second. “I’m still Teddy underneath the title.”

That’s cute

“she had trouble sleeping in unfamiliar places. Any bed that wasn’t her bed felt wrong. Any room that wasn’t her room was full of suspect shadows. Any blankets that weren’t her blankets were too rough, too silky, too heavy, too light.”

REAL

“As of this moment, your welfare, your happiness, your safety, your comfort — all of it belongs to me.”

Well now 😏

“I should have been there for you.”

How are we still doing this?! At the 90% mark? Dude

“What’s that?”
“Ask her to be my girlfriend.” I know he is aware of that concept, seeing as he had three in the last year.”

My baby Nico?! Do we get a book at least? When he’s older obv, maybe as a singer 👀

“One of the main reasons I acted like that was because I didn’t want to take away attention from you.”
“What?”
“You had already gone through so much that it felt selfish to fight for their attention, so I became more independent.”
I’m stunned by Julian’s confession…
“You’re just saying that.”
“I never say things I don’t mean. Period.”

#JULIAN IS THE SWEETEST

Spoiler:

“I don’t want her to go, but I also want what is best for her. She is brilliant and talented, and it’s time someone recognizes that…
I want Ellie to shine like she was meant to, but that isn’t possible if she stays with me in the dark.
It hurts like hell to know I will have to let her go, but at the same time, I understand it is the best decision for her, which makes it the right choice for me.”

“I’m better now. I promise.”
“Do you swear?”
“You don’t need to worry about me.”
“Papi told me it’s okay to worry about people we love because that means we care.”
My eyes mist over. “I love you too.”
“More than sour gummy worms?”
I nod. “And strawberry-lemon fizzy drinks.”
“I love you more than pianos, superheroes, and Duke Brass.”

❤️‍🩹

“With a single nod of her head, she offers me a gift I plan on protecting from here on out.
Her trust.”

“… but I only see you.”

“When I’m done with him, that piece of shit is going to wish he never laid eyes on you.”
“Please don’t murder someone on my behalf.”
“There are plenty of ways to destroy someone without ever committing a crime.”
“Like?”
“Why ruin the surprise?”
“Keep talking like that, and I may consider something like that romantic.”
His lips curl at the corners. “Maybe I want it to be.”

“You don’t have to do that.”
“Weren’t you going to ----- ?”
“Yes.”
“Then so can I.”
“Why?”
“Because it’s important to you,” she says with a casual shrug”

Ellie has my heart

“What’s the point of letting people get close, then?”
“Because life is about finding the right people who want to stay and making sure neither of you ever let go.”
…
I want to be better. For Nico. For Ellie. For me.
And I want to start now.”

Sweet response, but I’ll believe it when I’ll read it

“I like Ellie, but I’m terrified of giving in to my feelings and getting hurt after the way my last relationship turned out, so I keep pushing her away… If I were a different person, I would date her in a heartbeat, but I’m not… I would break her before she ever had a chance to do the same to me, and the thought of that happening makes me sick to my stomach.”

“… Can you imagine someone being that nice without wanting something in return?”
“Oh, I’m sure he wants something,” he mutters under his breath.”

“Please tell me you didn’t do this all for me.”
“Okay. I won’t.”
Nico grins. “But he did!”
“Nicolas,” Rafael says his name with an exasperated sigh.”

🤭

“One day, when you find the one you’ve been looking for, he better do everything in his power to keep you because you deserve the kind of love that they write songs about.”

“Then why do you keep looking at her all the time like Tío does with Dahlia? He likes her. A lot.”
I lose the ability to form a coherent sentence. I knew was Nico smart, but I didn’t think he could make these kinds of observations at his age.
It’s not like you did a good job of hiding it.
Nico lowers his voice as he says, “It’s okay if you like her. I can share.”
“How generous of you,”

Spoiler:

“Except it wasn’t just a song. It was the song. “Silver Scars” was my story to tell,”

THAT 🤬

“Nico… as he stops by one of the hibiscus bushes and yanks on an orange flower.
He turns and holds it up for me. “A pretty flower for a pretty girl.”

This kid is precious 😭

Spoiler:

“”You shouldn’t kiss her until you know that you won’t regret it. Because once you take that step, there is no going back.”

I hate to admit it, but Julian is right, even if I wish he wasn’t.”

He always is, miss him already