He stared down at me, and i examined his beautiful eyes up close, something i'd never tire of doing.

I had to stop linking every single thing that happened to me with Kennedy. Realization dawned then, that he was still my default. Over the past three years, we’d become each other’s habit. And though he’d broken his habit of me when he walked away, I’d not broken my habit of him. I was still tethering him to my present, to my future. The truth was, he now belonged only to my past, and it was time I began to accept it, as much as it hurt to do so.

I don't know why it's so hard for me to say those three words. Most guys throw it around like breath, like bait.

The truth was, he now belonged only to my past, and it was time I begin to accept it, as much as it hurt to do so.

The key to lying skillfully is never lie to yourself.

I shrugged. “I guess that guys who’d never do something like that have a hard time believing some other guy would,” I said, but I could see her point. Awareness and apologies were fine and good, but they could come too late.

Graham runs a hand through his hair and takes a deep breath. Finally, with a determined scowl, he crosses the room. His hands grip my shoulders. “We are not,” his voice is a gentle tremor, “breaking up