I could say his body was perfect and every part of it beautiful, because it was. Not because he had no flaws, but because I wanted him so desperately I couldn’t see any.

There seemed to be so much to say, but no words adequate to say it.

I've done my best to drive you away, Sadie," he said suddenly. "But you've never left me.

This is the truth. I have been in love. I have been in lust. I’ve made good choices and bad ones, I have been smart and I’ve been stupid. But I have never in my life felt the way I do now, here, with Will.

I didn’t fall in love with James. Falling sounds like an accident. Falling hurts. I’d fallen in love with Michael, fallen hard like slipping off a cliff and hitting the rocks below. Falling in love was something I’d vowed never to do again. I chose to love James.

You know what they say. Best revenge is looking good, right?

But sometimes it's the sunshine that frightens us more than the big black shadows.