Tag: contemporary-romance, friends-to-lovers

You are freaking me out!” she said with a nervous laugh. “Who are you, and what have you done with Quinn Shaughnessy?

She’d always been in love with Quinn. Ever since they were kids. She just… she knew. He was the one for her. Her soul mate. The only problem was Quinn didn’t feel the same way. She was his pal. His buddy. There’d never once been anything romantic between them, and if he even suspected how she felt, he’d never let on.

I love you, Quinn Shaughnessy. From the very first day when we snuck into my house and stole those chocolate chip cookies and then hid behind the jungle gym, I was hooked.

He felt Anna’s hand slip into his and he grasped it hard. It was reassuring, soft, comforting. Everything he needed in that moment.

You’re the devil, you know that, right?” His smile grew and became just a bit wicked. “You know it, sweetheart.

Quinn shucked his jeans but left his boxers on as he crawled on the bed and covered her body – kissing her along the way. “I think one of us is still overdressed,” he murmured. She couldn’t help but tease him. “I was wondering why you left your boxers on.” And then he rested his forehead against hers, closed his eyes, and smiled. “You’re not going to make this easy, are you?” She shook her head. “I was hoping to make it… hard. Very, very hard.

There’s something to said about smaller bed – you’re forced to stay close to me. Where you belong.

Clearly, being in love makes you an idiot,” he muttered…

He reached up and cupped her face in his hands. “Did it ever occur to you that I don’t want to share you with anyone else? That maybe now that I’ve realized how much you mean to me, I want to show you as much as I can? Or maybe, because you’re so damn sexy and my every freaking fantasy that I can’t wait to get you alone, so I can touch you, kiss you, and love you from head to toe?

I just want to be with you. You’re my home. My heart. I love you.