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“Jack: "..You were the on­ly one I saw when I closed my eyes"
Lexi: "Then why wasn't I enough when they were open?”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Commitment

“We have such a long history that when I look into his eyes that's all I can see. I forget the stupidity of what we've done and who could get hurt. I just remember the man who loved me once”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Responsibility

“this was meant for you. Only you.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Commitment

“So, as sad as this day is for me,as I am losing a part of myself with the loss of you,it is really just the beginning for me. It is like cutting off the spoiled part to get to the juicy center. So, I would appreciate it this time, if you did not try and contact me. Because, as I'm sure you know, I deserve better. I want everything this time around, and I deserve it.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Commitment

“Lexi, I've wanted to tell you for so long." [...] "That I love you.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Commitment

“But this isn't about Jack. This is about Kellan Kyle.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Temptation

“I'm not sure what I'm going to do."

Lexi gasped. "You mean…"

"Look, I don't know what to do yet. I just knew that's what you wanted," he saying eyeing her mussed appearance.

"That's not what I wanted."

"If it wasn't, you wouldn't have let me do it," he told her simply.

"I wanted answers."

"And I don't have any.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Commitment

“You have always been what I want. I just made mistakes along the way. I told you that I would make it up to you, that I would show you what I could be for you, if you would only let me.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Commitment

“Closing up. Finally spent.
You are gone.
And now you're moving along.
Heavy now. Tears remain.
Hard pressed to rest.
When all I feel like is a mess.
Now, don't you worry your head.
You're not my one and only friend.
And I don't need you anymore.
To leave me bruised and broken on the floor.
You left me bruised. You left me broken.
You left me bruised. You left me broken.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Commitment

“I can't help but look at you."
"Yes, you can."
"No, I can't," he said leaning in closer. "You are the most beautiful thing I've ever laid eyes on.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Commitment

“I did those things because of my lack of control. When you touch me Jack, I completely succumb to you. I give into your every whim.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Commitment

“I do want you Ramsey Bridges," she told him as a matter-of-fact.

"And you shall have me whenever you like.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Responsibility

“You were the only one I saw when I closed my eyes," he said bringing his hand up to her chin and tilting her head up to look into his crystal clear blue eyes.
"Then why wasn't I enough when they were open?" she asked another tear welling in her eyes.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Commitment

“She had worked a year to get him out of her life as much as she possibly could. He always had a place in her heart since she had loved him so obsessively for such a long time, but she had been able to extract herself from him to an extent.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Commitment

“Lexi, it is for you. I'm working to make things better for you.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Responsibility

“I want to escape with you, Jack."
"I'll always be your escape, Lex.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Responsibility

“Look, I don't know what to do yet. I just knew that's what you wanted," he says eyeing her mussed appearance.

"That's not what I wanted."

"If it wasn't, you wouldn't have let me do it," he told her simply.

"I wanted answers."

"And I don't have any.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Commitment

“And Lexi had to deal with that fact. She had to deal with knowing that he hadn't chosen her. He didn't want her.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Commitment

“I don’t know if I can do this anymore,” Jack’s husky voice muttered sounding defeated. It was such a strange sound coming out of him.

“I know what you mean."

“I’m not sure I want to break up with Kate though."

That snapped her right out of her own pity party. Break up with Kate! Holy shit! “Uh, Jack?”

He tilted his head to look at her under his thick dark lashes. “Yes, my dear?”

“You’ve been thinking of breaking up with Kate?” She couldn’t keep the disbelief out of her voice.

He nodded choking on his own words. “Ever since I saw you like a vision on the beach the first day you got here.”

“Wh…Why would you do that?” She knew the answer. But she wanted to hear him say it.

“I thought that was quite obvious…for you.”
― K.A. Linde

“I'm giving you what I can give you, and I'm telling you in advance that you might get hurt. But it's worth it to take the risk. I can damn well promise you that it's worth it.”
― K.A. Linde, Off the Record

“I appreciate the fact that you have one redeeming quality, Jack, but that is all it is. Just a hint of redemption with six years of disappointment.

No matter what you do,, it will never make up for what happened between us. I will never trust you. I will never again be comfortable around you. I will never look at you or think of you without considering the destruction you have train wrecked through my life.

I wish you the very best in your future, because without you in my life I think I might finally have a future. And as angry as I am with what you have put me through, I am so very glad that we are now at this moment. This moment means I can move on the bigger and better things without you constantly weighing on my shoulders.

I will never again turn a corner in New York terrified that I will run into you and even more terrified that I won't. I can go into any coffee shop I want.

I can hope for love again. A love that will be more than anything you ever attempted to give me. Because the love I am looking for will be reciprocted one hundred and ten percent. There will never be another someone to distract our affections, because YOU will not be in the picture.

*****So, as sad as this day is for me, as I am losing a part of myself with the loss of you, it is really just the beginning for me. It is like cutting off the spoiled part to get the juicy center. So, I would appreciate it this time, if you did not try and contact me. Because, as I'm sure you know, I deserve much better. I want everything this time around, and I deserve it!*****”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Commitment

“She could remember a time when she thought things could be right with her and Jack. Now it seemed like that was such a long time ago. How could she have ever told herself things were going to be alright? She now knew with every once of her being that there was absolutely nothing left of the man she had once loved.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Commitment

“No matter what we might want, we have to live with our mistake and live with our past”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Temptation

“In an endless sea of overindulgence, find time to indulge in something worthwhile and make an informed, educated decision for yourself. What matters to you in here, will matter to you out there.”
― K.A. Linde, Off the Record

“Her heart had been through the shredder too many times to count, and she still had a small bit of hope left in her. She didn't like to admit. She certainly didn't like to think about it. But Jack had been her everything. Even after all the terrible things that had happened between them, she still couldn't look past the tiny piece of hope she'd kept locked away.”
― K.A. Linde

“Those blue eyes stared straight through her. They demanded she think and feel and remember. She hesitated. “Yes.” He shook his head and looked away from her. “Then, what are you doing here?” “What?” “If it’s him, Lex, and you’re really happy, then what are you doing here?”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Temptation

“To the girls who fell for the library before the beast.”
― K.A. Linde, The Wren in the Holly Library

“I would do anything I could to go back to that time when we could have been together and change the way I acted. I’d change it, because we were fated to be together however brief, however unbelievable, however painful, however flawed.”- Jack Howard”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Responsibility

“Do you want to just fuck me in front of all your friends? Because all you seem to be doing is fucking me over Ramsey.”
― K.A. Linde, Avoiding Responsibility

“The lowest lows bring the highest highs. And when you find someone who brings you both, that doesn’t mean you should walk away; it means you have something special.”
― K.A. Linde, For the Record