“I’m lucky to have you,” Sophie said. “I’m sure I’ll do something else stupid, and then you’ll be angry at me again,” Isabel said sadly. “If you do, I’ll forgive you all over again,” Sophie assured her. “We can fight and still love each
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“I have to. Out loud. For the very first time. I have no choice but to make this real. “After I die.” The second the words are out, hanging heavy in the air between us, Koen…smiles. He bends further, and there isn’t a single trace of doubt on his face. He’s an immovable object and an unstoppable force. And he says, slowly, “If you think I’m going to let you die, Serena, you know fuck all.”
― Mate
― Mate
“My love for her is boundless---and much stronger than my pride. Her happiness matters to me, more than being able to say that I am the cause of it.”
― Mate
― Mate
“I’d go to a job I love, come home, make dinner for someone whose face was in my head and heart all day long, and spend the rest of the night watching boring TV shows with them.”
― Mate
― Mate
“More importantly, you love me. And that's why you have no authority over me.”
― Mate
― Mate
“I cock my head. “I thought you said you didn’t lie.” “Did I? I must have gotten it wrong. Or maybe things have changed. Have to admit, killer, that your presence in my life has been humbling. A fucking revelatory experience. Thought I knew myself, but…” He laughs. Rubs his palm against his mouth. “The truth is, if you decide to spend your Heat with someone else, they’ll have to chain me at the bottom of a well and seal its mouth with concrete.”
― Mate
― Mate
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