Her heart unfolded in her chest, took in all of him, and closed tightly, unwilling to let him go

“What’s bothering me is you always seem ready to snap my head off my shoulders a…”

“Xavier had thought he was in paradise before. He’d been wrong. Sophia was more …”

“She loved this man. This wonderful, respectiful, willful man. And she couldn’t …”

“Hey, you’re the one who can’t stand me being so close to you.”