Twisted Lies

“Like you’re the most beautiful, most remarkable thing they’ve ever seen.”

The words lit every molecule in my body and dissolved them into a pool of exquisite, unbearable warmth.

We weren’t talking

“My dream is to be with you. And my biggest fear,” I said, my voice low and ragged with emotion. “Is losing you.”

In my world, weakness was unacceptable, and she was the greatest weakness I had.

“You were an enigma, a puzzle I couldn’t solve.

The calm to my chaos, the silence to my storm.

“You belong with me. Exclusively. There is not a world or lifetime where that’s not true.”

“I thought it was obvious, but in case it isn’t, you’re mine, Stella.”

“I don’t want to see other women, and I sure as fuck don’t want you seeing other men.”

“You belong with me.

“Maybe not. But you’re not the villain you think you are, either.”