His gaze was unflinching and solid. If someone could have…

“You’ve gotta be the best thing I never knew I wanted.”

— Mariana Zapata

“His forehead tipped forward, and before I could react, before he said another word to me, he leaned forward, forward, forward and pressed his…

— Mariana Zapata

“I’d never been a big fan of that saying, “Everything happens for a reason,” but maybe, sometimes, every once in a while, things coalesced…

— Mariana Zapata

“I hadn't told him the news yet, but in that same preternatural way he was always aware of what I was feeling or thinking,…

— Mariana Zapata

“In that moment, I don’t think I had ever loved anything half as much as I loved Aiden.”

— Mariana Zapata

“The fact that I’d gone out to buy him hemorrhoid cream a couple of times probably helped solidify the lines in our friend zone.”

— Mariana Zapata

“Tall and still in fantastic shape, my poor, stupid, stupid heart gave a little thump in recognition of an attractive man. Then I stomped…

— Mariana Zapata

“I haven’t done a single thing in my life to deserve you, schnecke, but I will never give up on you, and I won’t…

— Mariana Zapata

“Real love was gritty. The real kind of love never quit. Someone who loved you would do what’s best for you; they’d stand up…

— Mariana Zapata

“You're mine, RC. That's not changing.”

— Mariana Zapata

“This—him—was easy. Effortless. It just felt right.”

— Mariana Zapata

“You couldn’t control or anticipate a person who didn’t care. They were wildcards.”

— Mariana Zapata

“I fell in love with the voice in the dark. No joke, no exaggeration. It was a pure, raw love.”

— Mariana Zapata

“Right then, in that moment, Dex The Dick grinned. Grinned. And sweet mother of God, it was devastating. So completely catastrophic I just stood…

— Mariana Zapata

“forehead hit the side of his throat. His palm slid to the meatiest side of my thigh, four fingers on my hamstrings, one finger…

— Mariana Zapata