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💎 "I don’t want you to fix everything for me. You’re not my keeper. I don’t belong to you.” “You think you belong to me?” he asks incredulously. “Is that a joke? I belong to you. I lied to one of my best friends for weeks, for you. I was—I still am on board with you figuring this situation out on your own, and I told you I’ll be there to help as much or as little as you want. I would do anything for you.”

💎 "I used to think love was like a ladder. . . something to achieve when you reached the precipice. From a birds-eye view, I always thought Ian was better than me, so being with him meant I was better too. Like if someone like him loved me, I’d go up another rung. Now I think it’s more like a house, or at least that’s what I’d like it to be if I ever fall in love. Something we can build together over time."

Signed copy when I met the author at Romance Con/Meet Me on North