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AMELIA: Thank you to everyone for keeping up with me while I run for the finish line.Amelia Hutchins
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AMELIA: Thank you for sticking it out with me no matter how crazy I get, because that’s what friends do. We’ve been through a lot together, so here’s to more shenanigans, and characters bickering!Amelia Hutchins
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AMELIA: To my friends, and family: You all may be batsh*t crazy, but even if I got to choose, I’d still choose to be with you. Life is fragile, and tomorrow is never a sure thing, so thanks for sharing your lives with me.....Amelia Hutchins
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AMELIA: To my daughter, if you ever date anyone like the men I write, I will kick your *ss up between your ears and you will walk sideways for a month, but I’ll still love you.Amelia Hutchins
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I told you that I would protect you. Even if you don't want me to, " he whispered, moving closer and pulling me against him. "Some things are worth protectingAmelia Hutchins
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PAGE: To my daughter, if you ever date anyone like the men I write, I will kick your *ss up between your ears and you will walk sideways for a month, but I’ll still love you.Amelia Hutchins
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You should have been born a poet, ” she whispered as she pulled away.“ Screw that, ” he laughed as he placed a gentle kiss to her forehead. “I’d rather be a porn star, ” he saidAmelia Hutchins
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I should spank you; I didn’t enjoy you impulsively ditching me, but I did enjoy your driving.”“ Wait, back up. You…” She paused as she replayed what he’d said earlier. “I was watching for you; how the hell?”“ I think somewhere between screaming freedom, and crying your pretty little eyes out, you missed me sifting in and I was at a loss for the weirdness of the situation. I was also pretty sure you wanted some alone time.Amelia Hutchins
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Love is more than just feeling something Syn, it's the connection of two souls that intertwine and cannot be without the other. It's not just saying you love someone, it’s showing them with every fucking breath you take, every look. It just is, simple as that. That kind of love doesn't die. It withers the soul without the other to keep it alive.Amelia Hutchins
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I go in on your arm and we separate. To make me look unavailable, since Vlad likes what he can’t have, I play dumb blonde and make myself sexy.” I glared as Adam barked with laughter at my words.“ No going off of the plan, when he takes you in the back room–and he will, you work the information out of him without blowing your cover, or him.” I shot the glare to Ryder. “I have no intention of bobbing on Vlad’s knob. Or yours.” I tossed into remove the wide smirk my response had given him and it worked. .Amelia Hutchins
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No tricks, Syn, ” Ryder growled from where he stood a few feet away.“ Tricks are for kids, silly rabbit, ” I saidAmelia Hutchins
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I love you, Emma, to the moon and stars, ” he whispered as his sobs ebbed.“ I love you beyond the moon and all its glory. I love you brighter than the stars could ever burn in the sky, brat, ” I answered back.Amelia Hutchins