He isn’t like us Low. You know that right.” I knew what Cage was saying. Marcus was out of my league. He didn’t want me thinking there could ever be anything between me and his roommate. I was low class. Marcus was a rich kid. “I’m not stupid Cage.

I know being with me is not easy. But I want you to understand no one has me, or has ever had me, except you.

Everyone always says that love was enough. It wasn't. Not when your soul has been shattered.

You're my all-in Della. I'll throw it all away for you. I just want you. I'm all in, baby. This life with you, I'm planning on us.

If I lose you because of the blind idiot I've been then I will be the one who is destroyed

The fact I want...no, I need for us to be exclusive until we part ways when we head off to college

I leaned forward on the table and leveled her with my steady gaze. “Do not ever speak to her that way again. If she hadn’t agreed to come with me I wouldn’t have come. Don’t underestimate her importance. She’s mine. Respect that.