Right now, holding you, I feel like we have a shot at beating all odds and making it together.
Right now, I had everything I could ask for. It wasn’t a long list, but it was a very satisfying one, starting with the love of my life back in my arms.
A war was coming either way. Now all I had to do was choose my opponent.
Sure thing, Gumdrop. -Scott.
We all know you’re beautiful, Scott.
You laugh, but you haven’t seen me in a tux. Or maybe you don’t like broad-shouldered guys with muscular chest and washboard abs?
I take that back. If Hank wants to shoot Scott, he has my blessing.
His muscles flexed under his clothes, holding me, leading me. Never letting me stray far.
I had to lull Mom and Hank into believing I was in the right frame of mind to be taken into public. If I exited my bedroom foaming at the mouth and dressed in black LOVE SUCKS tee, my plan would never get off the ground.
If you can’t feel then why did you kiss me? Because I can feel it here, in my heart.
Vee lowered her lashes and smiled wickedly. “This class isn’t going to teach me anything I don’t already know.” “Vee? As in virgin?” “Not so loud.” She winked just as the bell rang, sending us both to our seats, which were side by side at our shared table.
You picked the seats you did for a reason, right? Familiarity. Too bad the best sleuths avoid familiarity. It dulls the investigative instinct.
I wrinkled my nose, trying to figure out what he smelled like. Not cigarettes. Something richer, fouler. Cigars.
The trouble was, my feelings for Patch weren’t harmless.
I already know my size. I don’t need reminding.
Whoa, who peed in your Cheerios?
When I watched Lifetime original movies, it took me a day or two to get over the idea that the cute boy next door is actually a serial killer.
For someone who’s made it clear that her life is superior to every other student’s at this school, you sure make it a habit of pursuing every facet of our boring, worthless lives.
She likes you, she just doesn’t understand you.
The sensible part of me wanted to dissect my emotions, overthinking and overcomplicating my reaction to Jev.