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“Sometimes I think I know exactly what you’re going to say . . . and then the exact opposite comes out of your mouth,” he whispered back.

“Don’t tell him I told you, but you make him smile a lot.” There went my heart again. “You look . . . you know, like that, and . . . whatever. I don’t care if you like him, and I don’t care if he likes you. I want him . . . you know . . . to be happy..."

Love this kid

“Am wants you to come over ...”
“He does?” I asked quietly. One side of his mouth tipped up.
“Yeah, he does. I do too. ... They’ve heard too much about you.”
“From Am?” He gave me one of his rare, small smiles.
“And me.”

“He was an idiot. Only somebody that’s never talked to you or seen you would think you were the lucky one.” Rhodes’s gaze flicked to my mouth, and he let out a soft sigh through his nose, his words a hoarse whisper. “Nobody in their right mind would let you walk away from them. Not once and no way in hell twice, angel.” My heart. My limbs went numb."

Makes sense, mine would too

"He was warm, and his body was solid. And my God, he smelled like the good laundry detergent. I could wrap him around myself and live there forever. Cologne be damned. There was nothing better than good detergent. Especially when it was molded to a body like Rhodes’s. Big and firm. All comforting."

Good detergent?! He's a keeper

Love a MMC who blushes 😏

THE RAGE I FEEL

"Bunny?" he used to call her Bunny? No, just straight up no

Is anyone else on the web version of GR having trouble finding a book publication date/versions/other details on a book's profile? all of a sudden I can't find it

“I’ve never met anybody like you.” “I hope that’s a good thing?” “I’ve met people who don’t know what it’s like to be sad. I’ve met resilient people. But you . . .” He shook his head... “You got this spark of life that nothing and no one has taken away despite the things that have happened to you, and I don’t understand how you still manage to . . . be you.”

“We don’t get to choose who the people we love become or are, but we do get to pick if we want to stick around. If we want them to know that too, that they’re worth sticking around for..."

“Come with us.” “Are you asking me or telling me?” I whispered. “Because you’re whispering, but you’re still using your bossy voice.” His mouth twisted, and he lowered his voice to reply, “Both?”

😂

"Amos and Rhodes were rookies. Luckily for them, I had a doctorate in passive-aggressive and straight-up aggressive family figures."

Where can I get me some lessons? I feel like they could come in handy

“He’s perfect the way he is,” Rhodes spoke up

You tell him

“I . . . I didn’t know you were into parkour.” Amos snorted again, lowering his legs and planting his feet. “You backflipped onto the table . . .” Rhodes choked out.

Be still my heat, they've got jokes

“I want to go,” Jackie piped up. Three heads turned to look at her. She frowned. “What?” “You get winded walking to the garage apartment,” Amos muttered.

LMAOO

"So I was beyond surprised when a hand reached over and patted my forearm. It was Amos."

I love that kid, (when are we getting a book about him???)

“And I don’t know about anybody else, but I think it’s beautiful what your parents did. There’s nothing ugly about selflessness and love.”

I'm with you Aurora

“You know, you keep on being nice to me, and I’m going to think you like me.” That big body stopped right where he was and one gray eye was on me over his shoulder as he asked in that rough, serious voice, “Who says I don’t like you?”

🤭

“You look beautiful,”

🫠

“So,” Johnny asked, sipping on the one and only beer he’d said he was drinking that night, “how are you still single?” I snickered as I set my glass of sangria down and shrugged. “Probably the same reason as you. My addiction to creepy dolls gets in the way.”

I might need to steal that

“Please don’t be mad.” I hated when people said that. “I’ll try my best to think about what you’re saying and try to take it with an open heart, Jackie.” “Promise you won’t be mad,” she insisted, her slim fingers tap-dancing at her sides. “Okay, all right, I promise not to get mad, but maybe I’ll get frustrated or have my feelings hurt.”

Love how she dealt with that

“Great job, teddy bear. Just great, great job. That line about being left to sink into the debris . . .” She nodded again. “That was really good. Memorable. I loved it.”

Not me getting emotional, need a Yuki book

“Most people are too scared to ever put themselves in a position to be criticized. You shouldn’t care what they think if they don’t have the guts to do what you’re doing. You have to remember that too. The only opinion that really matters is your own and other people you respect. Everyone is scared of something, and perfection isn’t realistic. We’re humans, not robots..."

🥺

“Just because you shouldn’t complain doesn’t mean you don’t have a right to.”

Sat it louder

"His shoulders started shaking. Then his chest. The next thing I knew, he started laughing. Mr. Rhodes started laughing, and it was rough and sounded in a way like an engine struggling to come to life, all choked and harsh...."

I'm gone for

“Angel . . ."

I'm not objective and I know it 🫠

"... now I knew that the world was split about fifty-fifty, if not seventy-thirty with assholes versus good people."

😞

“Who did that to you?” he asked in a slow, slow voice

Gets me every time

"... no matter how much I told myself that a bat was just a sweet little sky puppy . . . I wasn’t buying it."

I wouldn't buy it either