He’d never get over her. He knew that without hesitation or doubt. He loved her. As deeply as it was possible to love another person. And God, he wanted her. Every day. In hit life. As much a part of him as he would be of her.
Taking the leap felt appropriate. Only it wasn’t just a short hop. It was a full plunge off a cliff.
There were worse things than death, as she’d discovered. Sometimes living took far more courage. Facing another day. Enduring. Those things took strength. Far more than dying.
No amount of saying ‘I love you’ and ‘I trust you’ makes it true when it isn’t.
And you look beautiful without it, but I want you to feel just as beautiful as I see you.
I don’t deserve your love or your shine, but I want it because with you I can feel the sun. I don’t want to go back to those shadows.
Never run out on me again. No matter what happens, you stay and fight. Yell at me, argue, throw something at me, whatever you want to do, but never walk away from me. Promise me that.
But if I lost you, it would devastate me as nothing else has or ever could. You have so much power over me and that’s frightening.
You can’t control everything. You can’t control how someone feels about you. Or what makes them tick. You can only control how you react, how you act, how you think and feel.
You’re my dream, Alaric McCabe. And I love you. I’ve loved you from the moment your horse dumped you at my cottage. I spent so much time being resentful and lamenting the circumstances of my life, but ’tis true that I wouldn’t change a single thing because then I would have never known your love.
Have you ever been torn between two impossibilities and knew in your heart that no matter which way you went or which path you chose that you were doomed to unhappiness?
One song bled into another and they remained locked together, neither willing to break the intimacy that surrounded them, concealing them in the small space the two occupied.
I’m not stubborn. My way is just better.
I’m so exhausted and yet I feel like I’ll never sleep again.
I’ve always considered myself a good person. I’ve never done anything to purposely hurt anyone. I was in shock that this happened to me, and because it did, I turned into this vengeful person. I’ve never truly hated anyone, but I was glad when I saw him lying there on the floor.
Seeing you happy is the best gift I could ever ask for.
Nothing good is ever easy. Or worth it.
She smiled then, an adorable, sweet smile that took his breath away. He forgot all about trying to maintain an air of civility. His inner caveman came barreling out, grunting and pounding his chest and muttering unintelligible words.
If you don’t stay away from her I’ll rearrange that pretty face of yours. – Simon.
No. I don’t regret it. It wasn’t the right thing to do, but I don’t regret it. – Toni.