As he stared back, he altered...as if a shield slid away fro his eyes, revealing a scorching force of will that sucked the air from my lungs. The intense magnetism he exuded grew in strength, becoming a near tangible impression of vibrant and unrelenting power.
Sylvia DayOh, Eva." He rubbed his cheek against my damp face. "I must've wished for you so hard and so often you had no choice but to come true.
Sylvia DayGideon opened his and read, โProsperity will knock on your door soon.โ I snorted. Cary shot me a look. โI know, right? You snatched someone elseโs cookie, Cross.โ โHe better not be anywhere near someone elseโs cookie,โ I said dryly. Reaching over, Gideon plucked half of mine out of my fingers. โDonโt worry, angel. Your cookie is the only one I want.
Sylvia DayAnd yet I understood the alienation of being around others who couldn't really see you or chose not to. I'd felt the self-loathing that came with being a fraud, protraying an image of what you wished you could be but weren't. I'd lived with the fear that people you loved might turn away from you if they ever got to know the true person hidden inside.
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