You are perfect for a female." "Not where I come from." "Then they're using the wrong standard.
J.R. Ward[Devina] โYou know, Adrian, you ever get bored with being a Goody Two-shoes, you could come over to my side.โ โBecause you have cookies, right.โ Those black eyes returned to his own. โAnd so much more.โ โWell, Iโm on a diet. Sorryโbut thanks for the invite.
J.R. WardThe sense that in his mother's view, he had let down his family just by being who he was... was a failure of acceptance that he was never going to get over. He just wanted to live, honestly and out front, with no apology. Like everyone else. To love who he loved, be who he wasโฆ but society had a different standard, and as he always feared, his parents were a part of that.
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