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1 " I’m not scared. You and me … like the moon and the stars, we’re permanent. "
― Ella Fields , Suddenly Forbidden (Gray Springs University, #1)
2 " Because without the stars, the moon is left alone to battle the dark. "
3 " The moon and the stars. It didn’t seem right for one to exist without the other. Yet here I was, being forced to do so anyway. "
4 " I didn’t realize what had happened at the time. Why I felt like I could hear my heart echoing in my ears, or why I couldn’t stop smiling for days afterward. Looking back, I realized that was the first time Quinn Burnell stole a huge chunk of my heart. "
5 " You smell and taste like my heart,” he whispered to the underside of my chin, pressing lazy kisses. “And you feel like fucking heaven. "
6 " I’d never kissed anyone before, but being with Daisy, everything felt instinctual. Like it was second nature for my lips to part hers, a known fact that my tongue should skim the inside of her lips and that she would always meet me, touch for touch. "
7 " Forever was a term often thrown around with too much ease and little thought for what it really meant. "
8 " And with enough forgiveness, love, and trust, not even forever could stop us. "
9 " Maybe you didn’t always need to try to capture beauty. Sometimes, you simply needed to experience it, let it seep into you and fill your soul with color instead. "
10 " I think I’ve been in love with you since I could remember, but it’s changed.” Noticing my sudden concern, he pecked my lips, then continued against them, “Gotten stronger every fucking day, month, and year. To the point where you’ve become a permanent part of me, and I don’t know if I could ever exist without you. "
11 " he released my lips and removed his hand from my panties. “Wha—oh.” He tugged them off and tossed them to the floor somewhere, then his mouth was on me. Right there. Holy crap. I tried to close my legs and squirm away, but he held my thighs open. It was so foreign. But so good. My eyes rolled back, my hips bucking off the bed to meet his roaming tongue. Despite never having done this before, he seemed to know enough, which I chose to be thankful for and ignored the urge to stalk his web history for porn sites. "
12 " I couldn’t wait to recapture everything about how he looked in this moment on paper. The way his lashes fluttered and his eyes swam with vulnerability, and how I knew if I pressed my hand to his chest, I’d feel his heart pounding just as fast as mine was. "
13 " I love you. Whether this lasts seconds, minutes, or an hour, it’ll last forever where it counts. "
14 " My heart, even now, refused to listen. It was failing to comprehend what my brain kept repeating to it. That access to its counterpart was now suddenly forbidden. Or maybe, it simply felt too betrayed to care. "
15 " That was the thing about first love. People often said a first love stayed with you long after you met your second, third, or even fourth love. What they failed to mention was that kind of permanence resonated deeper for some and made it almost impossible to let go. Leaving you to walk the earth feeling as though you were constantly missing a part of yourself. "
16 " Some things were simply irrefutable and inescapable. The stars, the moon, and the way my heart would always beat in sync with hers. "
17 " You’re everything good in this world. You glow so brightly, I never stood a chance. "
18 " No matter how much my nether region felt like it was about to burst into flames, watching him was heady. The small grunts that left his parted lips. The slight furrow of his brow. The way his pupils dilated as he got lost in the sensations that had his big body shuddering and thrusting. He was exquisite. All bronzed skin, beads of sweat dotting his forehead, and the silky smooth expanse of his broad chest. I wanted to live in these minutes forever. "
19 " He should’ve looked tiny from where we were seated in the stands, but he didn’t. To me, he’d always seemed larger than life, "
20 " I guess you’ve heard about that, then.” He jerked his shoulders. “The guys on the team gossip like no woman I’ve ever met. "
