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21 " I ruin every fucking thing I touch, Aly, and I refuse to ruin you. "
― A.L. Jackson , Come to Me Quietly (Closer to You, #1)
22 " I don’t get you, Jared. Did you think you could stay here and I’d just ignore you? I care about you.” “Don’t say that,” he whispered "
23 " It isn’t worth it if it doesn’t hurt a little. "
24 " Jared, no. Please don’t do this. Don’t leave me. I love you. "
25 " A still heart quickens as beauty graces the foul. "
26 " I bet whatever you keep hidden in the pages of those books is absolutely beautiful, Aly .” He swallowed, diverting his gaze to the far wall before he dropped it to meet mine. A tender palm came to rest on the side of my face. He caressed his thumb over the apple of my cheek. “How could it not be? Look at you . . . you have to be the most beautiful creature I’ve ever seen.” Pain reverberated in his words. Still they wrapped around me like the warmest embrace. My fingers ventured to his chest, twisting in his shirt. The strong throb of his pulse thundered under them. “Everything I love is in the pages of those books, Jared. "
27 " Could either of us ever forget the connection we’d shaped, one carved out in those perfect hours spent alone in my room? No. Not me. "
28 " You grew up on me, Aly,” he murmured, the words rough, almost in awe. "