Because of you, the world makes sense to me in a way it didn't before. I have a place now, with you.

He was my drug, and I had no desire to kick the habit.

Oh, I’ll fight you,” she promised, her eyes clear of shadows. “That’s the way I roll.

I look at you, angel, and I want you so badly. I want to be with you, listen to you, talk to you. I want to hear you laugh and hold you when you cry. I want to sit next to you, breathe the same air, share the same life. I want to wake up to you like this every day forever. I want you.

Are you hurting anywhere else?" I asked, feeling so emotionally raw after the long night we'd had. He caught my wrist and pulled my hand down to press flat over his heart. "Here." "So am I." He kissed my fingertips, then linked our hands and led me.

…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 can't bail out on Cary," I said apologetically, turning to face him. "Chicks before dicks and all that.