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1 " Recognizing beauty isn’t optimism. It’s living with your eyes open. "
― Brodi Ashton , Diplomatic Immunity
2 " I wanted to savor every tidbit with Rafael. It was like a good book, one I'd been waiting for and anticipating, and once I'd gotten it in my hands, I couldn't bear to read one single page because that would be one fewer page I would get to read. "
3 " Standing before me was the most exotic, rugged, beautiful piece of personhood (of the male variety) I'd ever seen. "
4 " It's not 'Pipper'-""You prefer just 'Pip'?"I sighed. Maybe we should wait to discuss personal details until we had only the language barrier and not the wardrobe malfunction to deal with. "
5 " Yes. It's the flamenco. From the Andalusian region in southern Spain. Ahi donde mi familia es de."Huh?"He smiled and shook his head. "I'm sorry. It's the music and the dance. Makes me speak en español. "
6 " As the woman shook her head in front of the press corps, mascara tears streamed down her face, making her look even more like a prostitute. Is that uncharitable? Maybe so. "
7 " I honestly wanted to barf. Multiple times."I wanted to savor every tidbit with Rafael. It was like a good book, one I'd been waiting for and anticipating, and once I'd gotten it in my hands, I couldn't bear to read one single page because that would be one fewer page I would get to read.My dad knocked on my door and poked his head in. "Breakfast, Pipe," he said, and then, looking at my face, he frowned. "What's wrong?""I don't want to turn his pages!""Whose pages?""Never mind. Sorry. I'm fine."Because Raf was a person. Not a book. He didn't have a beginning and an end. It wasn't like I had a set amount of minutes with him, and every minute spent together was a minute gone that I wouldn't get back. "
