“We’ll never be over, Eva.”

“Addie was warm and radiant next to me, making up half of us. But I - I was Eva, Eva, Eva, all the way through.”

“Tiny-perhaps." Rovender kept his eyes fixed on the rings. "Insignificant-never, Eva Nine. No living thing is insignificant.”

“This is ideal, you’ll see. We do everything backward. It’s just how we are. We began with an elopement. After that, we made love. Next, we’ll progress to courting. When we’re old and silver-haired, perhaps we’ll finally get around to flirtation. We’ll make fond eyes at each other over our mugs of gruel. We’ll be the envy of couples half our age.”

“He reached out and ran his thumb over her bottom lip again and then slipped it inside her mouth. Eva froze, feeling the tip of his digit hook over her bottom teeth.”

“Eva," Jason said, leaning over to his fiancée as I took a seat next to Tyler. "How you doin'?"Eva made a face and pushed him away. "Nope, doesn't work for everyone. Not even you.""But it's "The Joey"-- it has to work!" Jason said, sitting back and taking a sip from his water bottle.”