“One day I’m going to touch you in a thousand different ways and show you how to touch me,” he said.”

“You’re so damn strong, Liv, and you don’t even realize it. I’m the one who’s always had to show people I’m successful, an achiever, the best at everything I did. I’m the one who’s always been a goddamn egotist. A groveler. And you…you’re the first person who’s ever…Christ, Liv, sometimes the way you look at me makes me feel like I can hang the fucking moon.”

“Don’t you want to touch me? I whispered. More than I want to breathe.”

“Liv,” he said, his voice rough with tenderness, “you don’t have to be afraid.”“Why not?”“Because I’ll slay monsters for you.”

“Since the day we met, I haven’t wanted anyone but you, never looked at another woman, never thought about one. It’s always been you Olivia.”

“I’ve given you all I have, all I am. You know that. Why didn’t you do the same for me?”

“I love him to my bones, but suddenly I’m wondering what I might have been without him.”