Page 127 of Accidental Husband
"If you want to call this off, I will. But there's no way I can forget last night."
"I…"
"I'm never going to forget the taste of your lips. Or the feel of your hands on my skin. Or that sound you make when you come." My eyes meet hers. "It's the best thing I've ever heard."
"I…"
"I don't want to lose you, Jules, but I can't pretend I don't want you."
"I… um… okay."
"Okay?"
"Yeah. Okay." Her eyes meet mine. "I was engaged three days ago. I thought I was going to marry someone else. I saw the rest of my life. It wasn't perfect. It wasn't even good. But it was stable and secure and understandable. Now… It's just… it's kinda confusing."
"I was your best friend three days ago?"
"Of course."
"Did you think I was going to stop being your friend?"
"No, but… it was different. With Jackson."
Yeah, it was.
"I just… I think about this. About last night, and I get all fluttery. It was… I've never felt like that before. But then I think about today. And tomorrow. And next month. And what happens when the magic fades."
"It doesn't have to."
"I want to believe that." Her eyes meet mine. "Do you?"
"Yeah."
"You believe in fairy tales?"
"Yeah."
She arches a browreally?
"Your YA has brainwashed me."
Her laugh lights up her eyes. "I want to believe it. I do. I just…"
"So believe it." I close the distance between us. "I meant what I said last night. Everything I said."
"I…"
"You don't remember everything because you were drunk?"
"Yeah." Her laugh is awkward. "I, um… this is really weird."
"I know."
"Can we… be normal?"
"What would be normal?"
"I can play some Paramore and you can complain about it."
