“He was quiet for a second or two. And when he next spoke, his words were soft. So sweet. He said, "Baby, please don't do this."
I felt a jolt of feeling flood through me. It left me a little breathless. The way he'd called me baby, the way he'd said it, it was nothing and everything all at once. There was so much emotion in the world like he wanted me to be his like he wanted us to belong to each other.”