Look at me, chica." When she does, I repeat, "Eres hermosa." "What does it mean?" "You're beautiful.

This connection we have isn't going away, it's only getting stronger. Because the more I spend time with her, the closer I want to be.

I don't play games with people's lives like you do.

Why are you making a joke out of this?" she asks. "Because it's stupid, Nik. There's not even room in my day to think about someone else.

I love you because you’re the only person I want to make love to without any conditions and—and I love that you need me.

As If I could just turn my feelings off like a faucet.

I want to live life on my own terms. But I'm Mexican, so mi familia is always there to guide me in everything I do, whether I want them to or not. Well, "guide" is too weak a word. "Dictate" is more like it.