" Loosen up, Ash, it’s not like I’m gonna tell on you. I’ve been keeping your secrets for years. I like knowing my Ash is still there somewhere underneath that perfect façade.”
I refused to look at him. This conversation was going somewhere I didn’t want it to go.
“No one is perfect. I don’t pretend to be,” I said, which was a lie and we both knew it. Sawyer was perfect, and I worked hard to be worthy. The whole town knew I fell short of his glowing reputation.
Beau let out a short, hard laugh. “Yes, Ash, you do pretend to be. "
― Abbi Glines , The Vincent Boys (The Vincent Boys, #1)