“It was so powerful. I knew it was wrong, but it was addicting.”

“You are so addicting to me.”

“I knew then, that I would stay with you…even if it killed me.”

“I knew disagreements were inevitable, though. It was finding a way through the disagreements that made a relationship work, or broke it apart completely.”

“Reaching over, I stilled his leg. Eyes wide, he turned to me and whispered, “I’m nervous. I’m really fucking nervous. I never get nervous. What the hell is wrong with me?”

“I want you so much. I want you forever. Forgive me… I love you so much.”

“ Don't. I understand. I knew going into this that a story about us was also going to be a story about the two of you. And it should be. He was a big part of your life, and I'm okay with your history. It made you who you are. And I happen to be in love with who you are.”