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So, how is it that you don’t have a girlfriend?” I asked boldly. Joel shrugged.“ Have you ever had a girlfriend?” There was no way that he’d never had a girlfriend. He shrugged again.“ You’re not serious.”“ You’re surprised?”“ I’m sorry, do you own a mirror?” Joel laughed in that I’ll-never-understand-women kind of way. “I’ve never wanted one, ” he admitted, though it seemed that there was more to it.“ What? A mirror? Or a girlfriend?” He laughed again, even harder this time. “A girlfriend.”“ Are you gay?” He smiled. “No, I’m not gay.”“ Oh.” I blushed. Why was I being so nosy all of a sudden?.Shawn Kirsten Maravel
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The longer I looked into his eyes the more I felt that he was leading me down a road that I was determined not to follow.Shawn Kirsten Maravel
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‎''I froze. Like an idiot I froze. He was staring right at me. (...) He wore an innocent and mesmerizing smile directed right at me. I did my best to ignore it but having a gorgeously naked man staring at me like I was the only girl in the world was impossible to brush off.Shawn Kirsten Maravel
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‎''Your heart is either beating or it's not, your heart never forgets. As long as your heart is beating follow it, it will always stay true to you.Shawn Kirsten Maravel
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His eyes darted over the surface of my face. Like a moth to a blaze he was hesitant, seeming to crave my warmth but not its inevitable burn. He explored me from a distance with his unspoken desire, with the fear that touching me would set him to flame. I wanted nothing more in that moment than to prove very much the opposite.Shawn Kirsten Maravel
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All I knew was that I couldn't have him right now. It was impossible. Could I have him in a year? Two years? Five years? Ten years? I didn't know. All I knew was that although the universe was pushing us together, it was also pushing us apart.Lily Paradis
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I'm so stupid, " I tell her, tears streaming down my face now, blocking my vision. "You're not stupid. You're just an emotional vampire.Lily Paradis