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“We’re the same—black hair, tarnished hearts, and star tattoos.”

“We’re the same—black hair, tarnished hearts, and star tattoos.”

“I am in love with you. Your honor, your determination, how you treat your family, but mostly I love you for the way you make me feel—cherished, l

“I am in love with you. Your honor, your determination, how you treat your family, but mostly I love you for the way you make me feel—cherished, like I’m something precious, protected, but still free. I love you because you’re stubborn, and you push back when I’m wrong, but you’re strong enough to step aside when I’m right. And yes, I’m glad you said it first, because I’m not sure I would have had the courage to.”

“I love you, Gabriel Sunshine Scott!” My shout earns a couple of stares and a few chuckles. Gabriel grins like it’s Christmas morning. “I love you

“I love you, Gabriel Sunshine Scott!” My shout earns a couple of stares and a few chuckles. Gabriel grins like it’s Christmas morning. “I love you too, Sophie Chatty Girl Darling. More than you’ll every know.”

“Love is an obsession. Some would even say . . . the maddest obsession.”

“Love is an obsession. Some would even say . . . the maddest obsession.”

“If you need to run away, run away to me.”

“If you need to run away, run away to me.”

“You get back what you put in. Negative shit gets you negative shit. Positive energy begets positive energy. Whatever you put out there in th

“You get back what you put in. Negative shit gets you negative shit. Positive energy begets positive energy. Whatever you put out there in the universe…it listens. And then it answers. So when I talk, I try to give it something it wants to hear and hope it answers with something I want to hear.”

“I love you, Lainey. I think it started that first night. When I woke up and realized I’d let you get away and I was . . . wrecked. Then when

“I love you, Lainey. I think it started that first night. When I woke up and realized I’d let you get away and I was . . . wrecked. Then when I found you again—and that feeling, the love, it was still there—and it grew every day.” I kiss her again, promising. “It’s going to keep growing, Lainey.”

“Marry me, Audrey. Marry me today, marry me next week, a year from now, ten years from now. I don’t care, just promise me someday. I need you

“Marry me, Audrey. Marry me today, marry me next week, a year from now, ten years from now. I don’t care, just promise me someday. I need you, Dree. I need you with every fiber of my being. I’ve needed you from that very first day on the playground. I know the way you tell the story is that I saved you from a bully, but the truth is you save me from myself every damn day. Marry me because I love you, not in the way a boy loves a girl, not in the way a friend loves his friend, but the way a man loves a woman. Forever.”

“It’s not too soon for me. You’re it for me, Claire. But if you need time, I’ll wait as long as it takes.”

“It’s not too soon for me. You’re it for me, Claire. But if you need time, I’ll wait as long as it takes.”

“Paige, you’ll be my real wife. You’ll have a ring on your finger, and not that fake one that got us here. One I’ll buy for you. One I’ll giv

“Paige, you’ll be my real wife. You’ll have a ring on your finger, and not that fake one that got us here. One I’ll buy for you. One I’ll give you in front of a very real judge, in a real courthouse, in front of real witnesses. In the eyes of God and the law, you and I will be husband and wife. You’ll be here, helping me take care of those girls, and none of it will be fake.”