And for all the romances I'd read and the one, almost two, I'd written, I hadn't known that. I would have never imagined that touching a man could light me up inside and quiet every worry and every noise in the world.
Abuela was right, though. It's not smart to pretend everything's okay when it isn't. Whenb you bottle something up so tightly, the lid will blow up.
Sooner rather than later.
Can I ask you something?" [...] "Why did you think it would work?" [...] "Why did you think that this.... dating experiment would lead to anything other than this?
"You're objectively handsome, I... guess."
"You... guess?" Lucas lips pursed. "I feel like there's a compliment somewhere, but I'm having a hard time finding it."