“How did my relatively inexperienced dating life suddenly become so complicated?”

“Are you sure this is okay?” he asks. “I mean, did your dad really invite the handsome stranger who’s dating his daughter to sleep on the couch?”“I like how you added in the ‘handsome.”

“In another life we are happy,” I murmur, squeezing my eyes shut. “In another life we grow old together.”

“Because, worst of all, I remember every second of what it was like to lose my life.”

“I’ve missed you so much,” I whisper as he kisses my neck. “Even when I didn’t know you, my soul still missed you.”

“Thought you said this was just dinner?”Abe opens the glass door and holds it for me. As I pass by him, he lowers his head so that his voice is close to my ear. “It’s never just dinner.”

“How many times would you do it, you think? How many times would you sacrifice yourself for good?”“Every time,” I answer automatically.”