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Snowed In (Fitzpatrick Christmas, #2) Snowed In by Catherine Walsh
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“Everyone else seemed to know their place in the world but me. Like they’d all been let in on some big secret. And no matter how many things I did right, everything always felt wrong.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“Just go for it. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. Whatever. You move on. You cut your hair short and buy a bunch of books you’re never going to read. C’est la vie.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“That’s one good thing about bad days,” I say, as her face falls. “They always end.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“I’ve been searching for something my whole life, and nothing’s ever clicked. And I think it’s because I was looking for you.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“Whatever she wants, I’ll give her. I realize that now. How I’ll never be able to say no to this person. How I’m completely at her mercy.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“You weren’t completely off base. Not like I ever had a real relationship before.” “Just because they weren’t meant to last forever doesn’t mean they weren’t real.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“Sometimes I like you a whole lot,” she says. “Sometimes you’re all I think about.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“Yes, they are. They know it, and you know it, and if someone says something and I’m not there, you call me. If someone side-eyes you, you call me. You call me, and no matter where you are or what time it is, I’ll pick up and I’ll come running. That’s the whole point of this.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“I didn’t know what to do with you when you were young,” he admits. “From the moment you learned to stand on your own two feet”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“Washboard abs belong in action movies or Instagram ads for protein shakes. Not on real people.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“After the serenity of my home, it feels like pure chaos. I kind of love it.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“It’s a charming, eye-crinkle smile that thrusts me out of my childhood memories and into my teenage ones.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“His lips twitch before his eyes drop to my mouth, lingering in a way that puts me even more on edge. Is he going to kiss me good morning? Do I want him to kiss me good morning? Our gazes catch. “Nice retainer,” he murmurs. Oh my God. I tug the thing out and shove it into the pocket of my bath robe as Mam turns back around.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“I was never very good at tidying up beyond the basics, preferring a spring clean on Sunday morning with Mamma Mia! on the television.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“Just because they weren’t meant to last forever doesn’t mean they weren’t real.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“I don’t want to talk to Isaac. I don’t want to look at him. I don’t want to worry about him or think about him ever again. Five years since I left him, and he still occupies way too much of my mind. And it’s time to put an end to it.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“Don’t cry during sex, Megan. Do not cry during sex. But even with that stern command, tears prick the corner of my eyes, the sensations too overwhelming to handle. It’s like everything inside me just wants to let go, and my body is winding tighter and tauter”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“Remember when I said I wasn’t ready for a relationship?” “Extremely.” “Well, that was all I wanted back then.” “Of course it was,” I say. “It was all you knew.” She nods, growing more confident. “I guess it never occurred to me to try being alone,” she admits. “Even though I had no idea what I was looking for or what I even wanted. I never met anyone who lasted more than a few weeks, maybe a few months, and it got to the point where I thought something was wrong with me. Like I’d messed myself up somehow.” “But you worked through it?” “I went to therapy,” she says. “For as long as I could afford it. And it helped. At least with that part of everything. I stopped defining myself by my connection to other people, and… sorry, it sounds so cheesy when I say it out loud.” “It’s not,” I tell her, and she purses her lips. “I learned that I needed to find myself before I could find someone else.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“Something warm flares in my chest until it becomes almost painful to look at her. And that’s it. Her standing there in snow-soaked jeans pushing all her anger and hurt to the side to help me. Her with her hands on her hips and her smudged mascara from rubbing her eyes in the car.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“And there it is. I stare at him as the real Isaac starts to peek through. The one I knew. The one I…”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“I promise that if we do this, whenever Isaac Quinn is so much as in the same room as us, I will look at you, touch you, treat you like you are the most important person in the world to me. I promise that if I meet him, I will be thinking of you and only you, and I will make sure he knows that. I’ll make sure everyone does. Does that sound okay?”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“Maybe you should try dating a librarian. Or a Taurus.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“I woke up to snow. Proper snow. Not crappy melty snow. No. This was a big white fairy-tale blanket of it.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“I had to mold my entire life around yours, and I couldn't go to the pub with my friends without running it by you first. I couldn't turn my phone off during a movie because I had to be in constant contact with you, and God forbid I didn't answer your text in five minutes, or you'd call me. I couldn't even wear this coat because you didn't like it and I love this coat. I love it.'

I jab my chest so hard it hurts, but I ignore the pain. I ignore everything but the man in front of me and the gall he has to still look me in the eye.

'I didn't know any better because that was all I knew,' I say. 'Because you told me you loved me, and I believed you. So did everyone else. You put on this face for your family and your friends, but you're not like that at all, are you? You're controlling, and needy, and you lie, and you never listened to me. You never even knew me, and I—”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“It's something people rarely talk about when they discuss breakups, especially with long-term relationships. You lose a partner, you might lose their friends, but you also lose their family.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“I’m fine,” I say. “Just nauseous.” “He has that effect on people.” “This is Megan,” Christian explains flatly. “I know her from home.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“if everyone could be semi-normal, that would be just great.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“I told my mother. Think she bought the whole “just bumped into each other” thing. Is that why she followed me on Instagram ten minutes ago? SHE DID WHAT???”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“You are the passenger princess, which means you can do whatever you like.”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In
“and Christian lets me order a boujee red wine”
Catherine Walsh, Snowed In

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