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Riyah
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He kisses me like he wants this kiss to be remembered. For which one of us, I don't know, but I allow him to take as much as he can from this kiss and I give him as much as I have. It's as if he really is my boyfriend & this is something we should be doing all the time. being too comfortable can be a crutch. With kisses like these, I could see myself easily falling into Ben's life and forgetting how to live my own.
— Mar 09, 2026 08:09AM
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Riyah
is on page 307 of 310
“…until next November 9th when I get down on one knee and give you the most book-worthy marriage proposal in history." She slaps me in the chest. "That was a huge spoiler, Ben! Did you not learn about spoiler alerts during your reading binge?" I grin as I lower my mouth to hers. "Spoiler alert. They lived
happily ever after."
And then I kiss her.
And it's a twelve.
Not the end
Far from it .
— Mar 09, 2026 01:30PM
happily ever after."
And then I kiss her.
And it's a twelve.
Not the end
Far from it .
Riyah
is on page 252 of 310
"I didn't get it for your father, or even because of your father. I got it mostly for myself, because I knew with one hundred percent certainty I had learned how to love selflessly. It was the first time I wanted more happiness for the person I was with than I wanted for myself. And a mixture of my two favorite things was the only way I could think to describe the way that kind of love feels.”
— Mar 09, 2026 01:28PM
Riyah
is on page 241 of 310
“It's one thing to experience trust issues with men due to infidelity. But Ben lied to me on such a large scale that I have no idea what was true, what was a lie and what was fabricated for his book.
I'm the most devastated when I think about all the times he made my scars feel beautiful, while never once admitting that he was actually the one who put them there.”
— Mar 09, 2026 12:46PM
I'm the most devastated when I think about all the times he made my scars feel beautiful, while never once admitting that he was actually the one who put them there.”
Riyah
is on page 159 of 310
“I'm not sure if sex is supposed to make you feel like you've just lost a part of yourself to the person inside you, but that's exactly what it felt like. It felt as if the second we joined together, a tiny piece of our souls got confused and a piece of his fell into me and a piece of mine fell into him. It was by far the single most intense moment I've ever shared with another person.”
— Mar 09, 2026 12:42PM
Riyah
is on page 129 of 310
“Maybe I don't know the first thing about falling in love, because I've been telling myself I'm not falling for him yet. That it's
But it's not. What's happening inside my heart right now is way too consequential to deny. I think I've been misjudging the whole concept of insta-love. Now if I can just figure out how we can finish these next few years with a happy ending.”
— Mar 09, 2026 10:38AM
But it's not. What's happening inside my heart right now is way too consequential to deny. I think I've been misjudging the whole concept of insta-love. Now if I can just figure out how we can finish these next few years with a happy ending.”
Riyah
is on page 78 of 310
“I try not to think about what I'm doing. How I'm about to move from a place I've lived my entire life to a city where I know absolutely no one. The thought of it makes me want to call a cab and go straight back to my apartment, but I can't.
I have to do this.
I have to force myself to make a life before the one I'm not living swallows me whole.”
— Mar 09, 2026 10:17AM
I have to do this.
I have to force myself to make a life before the one I'm not living swallows me whole.”
Riyah
is on page 33 of 310
"I'm not very good with on-the-spot motivational speech," I say to her. "Sometimes at night, I'll rewrite conversations I had during the day, but I'll change them up to reflect everything I wish I could have said in the moment. So I just want you to know that tonight when I write this conversation down on paper, I'll say something really heroic and it'll make you feel really good about your life."
— Mar 09, 2026 07:57AM