Looks like somebody's got jungle fever.' 'That's not even the right kind of racist.

Smiling is confusing, she thought. This is why I don’t do it.

I just want to know—are you rooting for me? Are you hoping I pull this off?" Cath's eyes settled on his, tentatively, like they'd fly away if he moved. She nodded her head. The right side of his mouth pulled up. "I'm rooting for you," she whispered. She wasn't even sure he could hear her from the bed. Levi's smile broke free and devoured his whole face.

Well, at first, I was sure that he would feel the cosmic forces pulling us together. I wanted him so badly, I could feel my heart racing for him with every beat. It was destiny. "He was a magnet and I was steel.

But he kept finding new pockets of shallow inside himself. He kept finding new ways to betray her.

I don't have to forgive you, Cath said. It's not like that with you. You're just in with me. Always. No matter what happens.

In new situations, all the trickiest rules are the ones nobody bothers to explain to you. (And the ones you can't Google.)