I wasn’t ready to answer Joseph yet. “Give some time?” “More time?” he said unhappily. “It’s only one date, not a marriage.” “I know, but…” I couldn’t tell him the root of my hesitation because I didn’t quite understand it myself. He’d only asked me for one date and promised we’d have a great
I ran out of steam and looked down at my hands. That end part hadn’t been a lie. He did deserve everything. I just wished the everything he wanted included me. “I don’t need to date,” he said. Surprised, I looked up at him. “You deserve love, Asher.” “And you think I’ll find it dating random g
I enjoyed spending time with Nicole, but we had achieved very little studying. So I spent most of the next morning trapped in one of the Academy’s libraries, studying for my upcoming exams. Yet as hard as I tried to concentrate, my thoughts continued returning to the story of the Lover’s Ferris Wh
Aimee’s mother wiped the tears from her eyes, but new ones kept falling. “She’s so alone now. I don’t know how to reach her. If you hear from her… If you can get through to her where I failed…” “I’ll do what I can,” I told her. We exchanged numbers on the promise that I would call her if I heard
You will not promise him forever, imagined or otherwise. His words, outraged on my behalf, brought me a selfish kind of pleasure. I had pushed for this reaction, and now that I had it, I couldn’t help but press further. Maybe too far. “Does that mean you’ll join me on the Ferris Wheel instead?
Up until the night of the carnival, I tried desperately to keep my mind from thinking about Asher dating someone else. I had pushed him to this by even suggesting that he should date again, and I hated it. So I kept myself busy with studying and practice. In my free time, I hung out with Nicole, o
Stay here with me. Oh, how I was tempted. Asher’s body was hard against mine. All I wanted to do was grind on his leg and beg him to kiss me. But I couldn’t. We were both here with other people. People we were both avoiding to be with each other. It wasn’t right. I placed my hands on Asher’s
This was the moment of truth. At the top of the Lover’s Ferris Wheel. Any couple that kissed at this moment in this spot was destined to be together forever. Asher leaned in. I held my breath. At the last moment, he veered off course and placed a soft, chaste kiss to my cheek. He lingered. The