Royal Icing Quotes

“But he won’t be with me if he can’t protect me, whether it’s physically or emotionally. Your heart attack triggered all of his doubts about himself, and even when I pushed him as hard as I could to let go of them, he dug in deep. I don’t know how to break through that wall. To get him to see the man that we all love. The man I am willing to compromise for and sacrifice for because I love him that much. Because he is my partner, and that is what you do when you love someone like that. I know that with all my heart and soul.”
― Aven Ellis, Royal Icing

“All I have done since I ran away from Xander is exist. My world is grey and cold, and I want his sun back in my life. He called me his Sunshine, but in truth, he’s mine. It is his light that made me bloom and grow and not fear what the future might hold.”
― Aven Ellis, Royal Icing

“He swivels around and captures my face with his hands. “I’m not hesitating out of doubt. I’m taking a moment to live this. You came into my life days ago, and I already want you in my bed. You’re changing me. And this will further make me …” he pauses, collecting himself “… a man worthy of a woman like you. I want to see that man in the mirror every morning and know he’s good enough for you. That’s all I want to be.” Feelings for this man burst within me. I move my hands around his neck and draw his face until our lips are barely apart.”
― Aven Ellis, Royal Icing

“You are such a man,” I say, my voice surprisingly wobbly to my own ears as I speak my thoughts. “You’ve done more than change. You’ve become a superior man. A man who owns his mistakes. You don’t shy away from what you’ve done or who you used to be, and that is a hard, painful thing to do. You say a spine of steel is rare? What you have done is even rarer. You looked in the mirror and owned your past. It would be so much easier to ignore it. Run from it. But you ran to it, Xander. And I admire that more than you know.”
― Aven Ellis, Royal Icing

“This is my place where everything is real. Me. The outdoors. Everything is genuine here,” he says softly. He lifts his head and traces his fingertips along my cheekbone. “But now I’ve found something else that is real. That is genuine. When I’m with you, it’s like being out here. I’m aware of only one thing. And that’s you.”
― Aven Ellis, Royal Icing

“As I speak, I watch his handsome face shift from one of sadness and weariness to disbelief. “How do you even see that in me?” he whispers, his voice thick. My heart pounds against my ribs. “Because I can see you,” I whisper back. Nothing is said between us. My heart is beating so loudly, I wonder if Xander can hear it.”
― Aven Ellis, Royal Icing

“I want to be bold in my decision making. To shake things up. To make people see that sometimes, you may take a dramatic step that makes people uncomfortable, but that can be a good thing. But my father? It’s slowly dawned on me that he doesn’t like to be uncomfortable. But I know you have to be uncomfortable to create positive change.”
― Aven Ellis, Royal Icing

“Your past is your past. As mine is mine,” I say. “Where we are now—and where we go—is what matters.”
― Aven Ellis, Royal Icing