There was no slow build. No peaceful meander to the summit. It was like sheet lighting stretching across a stormy sky—beautiful and blinding. I leaned forward and seized his mouth with mine.

The woman lived inside him, was his mate.

Because when you finally find the one against all odds, you give him your best and let the magic of the world carry the rest.

I was just thinking of you,” she said…

He stepped closer. "Lily---" "No. Stay back," she said, pointing a finger at him. He went still. "Why?" "Because when you come close I do stupid things." "Like?" "Like let you kiss me." "Let me?" He laughed ruefully. "Lily, you just about crawled up my body to get at these lips." She narrowed her eyes. "Like I said. Stupid.

Doesn't everyone deserve their own version of a happily-ever-after?

I'm good at a lot of things," he murmured.

The special please," she said, waving a coupon from the week's paper. "The young rejuvenating facial. I want to look thirty." "Mom," Jonathan said. "It's a facial, not a magic wand." She rolled up the paper and swatted him with it. "Fine, I'll take forty." She gave Lily a hug. "And you! How lovely to see you again!" She turned to Jonathan. "So... you can make me look forty, right?" "How about gorgeous?" Jonathan asked his mom. "Does gorgeous work for you?

How my heart missed beating like this. For him. Only for him.

On and off the field, you're my hardest fall, Zoe. No one ever compared. No one ever will.

I thank God every day for bringing you into my life. I know I don't deserve you, but I'm a better man because of you.