I can't breath without you, baby. You undo me and then put me back together whole again. You take it all, and you still love me for it.

It bloomed in small moments like this, making all the good times that much better, all the tough times worth working through. What I felt for this man took my breath away.

Blake Landon was my drug, my obsession-a habit I had no intentions of ever quitting.

Marriage, to me, implied stability, something sure and reliable. Happily ever after and all good things.

Don't worry baby, I'm not leaving. Now when you're spread out for me like a fucking banquet.

• “As soon as I'd walked out of my normal working life and into the apartment we now shared, I went to war with damn near every instinct I had. I handed over all control to the man I loved, trusting that he'd take care of us both. He always did, but sometimes I couldn't resist the urge to push back just a bit, so he knew I was still there, fighting.