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    "But I won't ask for your forgiveness, because I don't deserve it.   If you hate me forever, I'll understand, but it won't stop me from loving you.   And even though I know I don't deserve you, I can't walk away from you.   Being without you has been slowly killing me. And all the drinking, and the partying, and the bad decisions numbed the pain, but it never made it go away.   We only get one life Monday Munroe, and mine belongs to you, whether you want it or not."  
    I opened my eyes and gazed down at her, fear blooming in my chest when I saw that her face had crumpled and she was sobbing quietly.   This was not the reaction I had wanted from my declaration.
    "Why can't I let you go?" she cried.   "I shouldn't still want you.   You didn't just break my heart Cody, you broke me .   You abandoned me.   How can I know that you'll be there when I need you?   How can I trust that I won't wake up one morning to find you gone again?"
    If she had stabbed me in the heart she couldn't have cut me deeper because I had put those fears there.   I had taught her not to trust.  
    "Because I know what it is now to live without you, because I know—"
    She gripped my shirt in her hands and tugged me closer, fastening her mouth on mine, and every thought I had fled.   I slid a hand through her hair, cupping the back of her head and pressed her even closer.   It wasn't a tender kiss; it was raw and full of emotion. I could feel her anger, her desperation, and her hope in the glide of her tongue against mine and the feel of her fingers fisting in my hair.  
    My heart soared and when she finally broke away I was speechless.
    "Just shut up, Cody," she whispered, the corners of her mouth turning up.   "I've always been a forgone conclusion where you're concerned.   The hardest part of loving isn't letting go. It's forgiving and moving on.   Just consider yourself damn lucky that I'm strong enough for the both of us."

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    First and foremost to my husband Ben.   Your willingness to take on more responsibility around the house to make sure that I get the chance to live my dreams is something that I can never begin to thank you enough for.   Without you I am nothing, but with you I have everything.   I couldn’t write a romantic hero better than you.   You are my own happily ever after.

    I have to thank the Writing Wenches for embracing me and welcoming me into the fold.   You encouraged me to stretch my skills beyond the YA realm and experience life in Contemporary Romance.   It is so much harder than I thought it would be but you kept me moving ahead when I struggled.   I cannot thank you enough for allowing me to take part in the Unwrapping Love anthology.   Patricia, I especially could not have done this without your help.   Working with you has been an absolute pleasure.

    Jenn, Carol, Lindsey and Julieanne.   A good beta readers worth cannot be measured and you ladies are not good. You’re the very best.   Writing is not a solitary effort and your feedback helped shape this book into something worth reading.