I swayed into him, drawn to his obsessive and insatiable raw need for me, which reflected the depth of my need for him

I'll catch you angel, i'll always catch you.

...you showed me what love truly is just by giving yours so selflessly. I wasn't made for love. It wasn't [woven]into the fabric of my being. I didn't know what it was, what I was looking for, what I needed. I had no point of reference, no examples, nothing. Until you.

I couldn't imagine that I'd ever fall in love again like I had with Gideon. For better or worse, he was my soulmate. The other half of me. In many ways, he was my reflection.

Sometimes I wanted to believe something so badly, I deliberately manufactured excuses and ignored painful reality.

…was designed to protect his heart, to bind me and bribe me to stay with him no matter what. He was giving everything he had.

I don’t need anything else. I get out of bed every morning and face the world because you’re in it.” He turned the corner and pulled up in front of the Crossfire behind the Bentley. He killed the engine, released his seat belt, and took a deep breath. “Because of you, the world makes sense to me in a way it didn’t before. I have a place now, with you.