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Category: Amy Plum

Before I saw you, I hadn’t cared for anyone for . . . well, for the good part of a century, and it felt like my heart had been permanently disconnected. I wasn’t even looking anymore. And without expecting anything . . . without any hope at all, suddenly you were here.

love, soulmates

His eyes twinkled mischievously as he gazed at me with that look that always made me melt: as if I were edible and he could barely restrain himself from taking a bite.

edible, love, melt, sexy

He ran his finger along my jawline and down my neck. “The wait will be fun, but it’s not going to be easy.

anticipation, die-for-me, lust, vincent

He leaned forward and opened his door, politely standing aside to let me by before following me in. There are some advantages to dating a guy from another era, I thought. Though I am a big believer in gender equality, chivalry scores high in my book.

chivalry, dating, men

I spent the rest of the day in someone else’s story. The rare moments that I put the book down, my own pain returned in burning stabs.

books, die-for-me, escape, kate, loneliness, reading

Besides the alternate universe offered by a book, the quiet space of a museum was my favorite place to go. My mom said I was an escapist at heart . . . that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one. It’s true that I’ve always been able to yank myself out of this world and plunge myself into another.

book, escape, imagination-reading, read, universe, world

My mom said I was an escapist at heart…. that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one

Well, spit on my empty grave–if it ain’t the attack of the Disney princesses!

I can’t promise you an ordinary experience, Kate. I wish I could transform myself into a normal man and be there for you, always, without the trauma that defines my life as “the walking dead.” Since that isn’t possible, I can only reassure you that I will do everything in my power to make it up to you. To give you more than a normal boyfriend could. I have no idea what that will mean, exactly, but I’m looking forward to finding out. With you.

He leaned forward and opened his door, politely standing aside to let me by before following me in. There are some advantages to dating a guy from another era, I thought. Though I am a big believer in gender equality, chivalry scores high in my book.

chivalry, dating, men

Besides the alternate universe offered by a book, the quiet space of a museum was my favorite place to go. My mom said I was an escapist at heart . . . that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one. It’s true that I’ve always been able to yank myself out of this world and plunge myself into another.

book, escape, imagination-reading, read, universe, world

My mom said I was an escapist at heart…. that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one