Throttled (Dirty Air Series Book 1)

Because to survive the worst of them, you eventually become them

I solemnly swear I’ll be up to good.”

Hmm.” I rub the back of my neck. “I think love is about hap‍­pi‍­ness and sac‍­ri‍­fice. Com‍­prom‍­ising in‍­stead of ar‍­guing. Hav‍­ing someone who is al‍­ways there for you even when you don’t de‍­serve it. Lov‍­ing someone means you want to spend the rest of your life with them, on the good days and the bad days and everything in between.”

My ass never met a belt I liked.

to report except for a bruised ego

Closure is a funny concept. Everyone talks about how cathartic it feels, but no one describes the pain you experience before. The courage needed to push through tough situations. How much it rips a person up to know they need to let go, not because they want to, but because they have to

He looks up at me with the smirk I love, while he’s down on one knee, holding a ring box.

I break the kiss. “Under all that attitude, you sure have the biggest heart.”

“Sh. Don’t let anyone in on our secret.”

She can take over my whole life with a smile on her face and I’d thank her for it.

To keep Maya all to myself because fuck the world, they don’t deserve her. Shit. I don’t either.