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1 " I love you, Erin. I’m not sure it’s enough. In fact, I know it’s not, but I can’t keep myself away from you. It has nothing to do with "
― Skye Warren , Beauty and the Professor (A Modern Fairy Tale Duet, #1)
2 " He turned "
3 " Blake, don’t do this to us. It’s just a little bit longer. "
4 " She crossed her arms and ducked her head against the wind as she slowly hobbled back. "
5 " Besides, the damned furniture might buckle and break if she so much as breathed on him. "
6 " All of me, Erin. You already have all of me. "
7 " You can’t know how much that means. Do I think love is enough? It’s the only thing at all. The world is cold and hollow, but with you, I feel alive again. "
8 " gentle "
9 " It was fun and exciting, but everything had to balance out in the universe. A childhood of secondhand clothes and sewn-up backpacks taught her that nothing came for free. So what was she trading in for this newfound bliss? "
10 " She wished she could tell him it didn’t matter. But that wasn’t really true. How many people wore the darkest part of them on their faces? What a different world it would be if we walked around with signs that proclaimed the worst thing that had happened to us. "
11 " And this isn’t about you bringing me problems or trying to change me. This is taking care of what’s mine.” She felt breathless, her body alight with excitement. “I’m yours?” “You know the answer to that, Erin. You’re mine forever. "
12 " Not everything was solved and sorted between them, but then they never would be. Like the eddies and entrapments of life, they could only face each obstacle as it came. No promise of smooth waters, just a partner for the journey. "
13 " I was wondering if you…that is, you were thinking of me, weren’t you? There wasn’t some other Erin? "
14 " If I don’t want to,” he said again, almost tasting the words. “How would that work? How would it be possible to not want you? To not dream about you? "
15 " He thought she didn’t want to look at him, to see his beautiful face? "
16 " Baby,” he said, and she stopped and looked at him. He nudged her shoulder, not able to get out more words than just that. Baby. She was his. "