“Will we have pets? I bite back the question regarding kids. While this might be a fun fantasy, imagining being responsible for something like that is terrifying.Sure. Noah stays near the fire on on...”

“Shes leaving me!Leaving? Shes been waiting for you to get your shit together.I step into him. That Hunter bastard is offering her the world! What do I got to give? Nothing. Ive got nothing.Isaiah s...”

“His eyes spark as his gaze dips to my cleavage, and this gives me courage. I shift forward and slip my hands under his shirt, brushing my fingers against the muscles of his abdomen. Noah sharply in...”

“Whos winning?I dont have a f*cking clue nor do I f*cking care.Echos head ticks back.Back off, Beth. I cross the room, drop a kiss on the curve of Echos neck and whisper in her ear, Shed rip me to p...”

“Just a shower. If you want me to stay on the opposite side, I will. I wont kiss. I wont touch.Echo flashes that siren smile. What if I want to kiss you?Youre trying to kill me, arent you?”

“My body screams to stride over to her, wrap my arms around her waist, kiss her until shes drunk on me and slowly remove every article of clothing on her body.”

“I've got you. I swear to God, I've got you," said Noah. "Stay with me, Echo."I wanted to. I wanted to stay with him, but the shouting and screams and glass breaking in my mind grew louder. "Make it...”

“Shes leaving me!Leaving? Shes been waiting for you to get your shit together.I step into him. That Hunter bastard is offering her the world! What do I got to give? Nothing. Ive got nothing.Isaiah s...”

“His eyes spark as his gaze dips to my cleavage, and this gives me courage. I shift forward and slip my hands under his shirt, brushing my fingers against the muscles of his abdomen. Noah sharply in...”

“Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.”

“I know that the whole pointthe only pointis tofind the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse tolet them go.”

“No one lived forever. But you fought for every minute you could get. Bought a little more with a lot of hard work.”