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“And I love how you have always seen the best in me, and I love every single inch of our impossible, absurd, and definitely-in-need-of-an-editor love story … I want you. I want us. I want this. Logan, it was always you, okay? It was always you. I just didn’t know it yet.”

many mixed emotions during this last half but 🥹

Now, unmistakable. It had been him. It had been this. The whole time, it had been this. Some other life, desperate to unfold. Some other story, dying to be told.

Finally 😭

“All I wanted was a chance to do this. And I'd rather fight with you ten times a day than go back to the way things were. I wanted you off that pedestal more than anything. So stop clinging to it, okay? We don't need it anymore."

Chapter 56 feels so intimate and raw 🥺 the last 3 pages ahh I love the words said

"Because you don't get to have it all, okay! None of us do! That's part of the deal! That's being a woman! No choice you make will ever be the right one to the people who don't give a shit about you! So I'm going to ask you the same thing you asked me when I got cold feet about leaving Lucas, because when it comes down to it, nothing else matters. Do you want to be happy or right?"

Mari is a real one

Nicole," he said. "Look at me." And Nicole, unraveling in his hands, didn't even put up a fight. And there it was—that look. Two and a half years later, it was exactly the same. Except this time, it didn't hurt a bit. This time, there was nothing to misinterpret or repress or explain away. There was nothing to run from. It was just him, looking right through her. It was just her, looking right back.

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“Every single time you have said my name or laughed at my dumb jokes or looked my way, I have wanted you. I have wanted this.”

"Listen,” he said. "When we do this, I want you to be completely, sure. I want us to be on the same page. And I want you to understand that you don't owe me a thing."

I love Logan 🥹 this green flag of a man

"Thank you," she said. "I know I've said it a thousand times, but I really mean it. Thank you for never making me feel like an idiot." He smirked. "Thank you for the exact opposite."
"For making you feel like an idiot?" “Yeah," he said. "Every damn day, since the very beginning."

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"No, it's okay. I like that you ask questions. It's just, nobody has ever really wanted to know about this part. People are quick to give you advice. Ask if you've tried exercising less or fucking more or wanting it a little less desperately. But they never want to know what it feels like. Nobody wants to hear about pain they can’t make go away.”

I’m loving how complex this is in a way I haven’t read about before