But even as she told herself that, she remembered the way Cal had looked today with his shirt off while heโd stood on the ladder and scraped the side of Annieโs house. Watching those muscles bunch and flex every time he moved had made her crazy and sheโd finally grabbed his shirt, thrown it at him, and delivered a stern lecture on the depletion of the ozone layer and skin cancer.
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsHereโs the life lesson Iโve learned, Fifi: Some people are born to play the hero, and some are born to play the bad guy. Fighting your destiny only makes life harder than it needs to be. Besides, people remember the villain long after theyโve forgotten the hero.
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsI think this is the way love feels to people like you and me. Threatening and dangerous. We have to be in control, and love takes that away. People like usโฆ We can't tolerate vulnerability. But despite our best efforts, sooner or later love seems to catch up with us. And thenโฆAnd then we fall apart.
Susan Elizabeth Phillips