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The truth was I’d craved affection my whole life, and sinceso little, I’d becoreedy in my adulthood Since ed to be the only female (asn’t related to him) to matter to anyone I dated I wanted to be a man’s whole world Likehe’d die for me kind of love and vice versa

When I was fourteen, lonely and starving for affection, I’d fallen in love with romance novels, and ever since then I’d hoped for an epic love story of my own

I wanted to be the only wo need for full-on love had ruined my relationships My boyfriends never seehtthat reminded them of me They looked lustfully at other wo It didn’t bother theht in front of them

And they should definitely not fuck other women when they were in a relationship with me My second-to-last boyfriend, Gary, didn’t seem to understand that one at all!

Maybe what I wanted didn’t exist

Maybe I rong to be so fixated on finding the perfect man for me

Maybe, maybe, maybe

But that didn’t mean I didn’t think it wasn’t reasonable to believe that a man who see with other wo as he said, “That’ll be ten eighty, gorgeous,” to the perky brunette eyeing hiht He called every woeous” and “beautiful”

I’d lied to hi when he called me beautiful I had felt the heat of it But that heat suddenly burnt out and turned to ash I didn’t like the taste of it and I sipped atthe disappointus to appear If he would just show up I could put my plan in action, ruin his life like he’d ruined Darcy’s, and forget all about the handsome bartender who I’d subconsciously let play me like he apparently played all women I’d been hurt before by men, but since I’d never been in love, it was a hurt that had only lasted a little while It wasn’t anywhere close to the hurt that Darcy was feeling My sweet, beautiful, kind sister, who had already seen enough pain in this life Angus had cut her open I didn’t want to be cut open like that, which meant the next time I chose a man I’d pick one who treated me like I was the only woman in the roo for?”

My head jerked around at his question and hts ’s expression softened to concern He reached for my hand and murmured, “Darlin’?”

I pulled my hand away before he could touch me and hid the sadness I’d allowed hiave uess I’ll just have to stand here and badger you all night, then”