Beautiful Redemption

I loved her first,” Thomas said. “But you, Liis…you are the last woman I will ever love.

Love isn’t about predictions or behavioural markers. It just happens, and you have no control.

I lost someone I loved before, and it changed me. I gave up someone I loved before, and it crushed me. I know that when you leave, Liis, however it goes down...it will end me.

Don’t you know by now?” Thomas said, touching his lips to my hair. “It’s somewhere in the unforeseen when the best, most important moments of our lives seem to happen.

Thomas loved me. He needed me. Maybe I wasn’t the first woman he’d loved, and maybe the kind of love a Maddox man felt lasted forever, but I needed him, too. I wasn’t the first, but I would be the last. That didn’t make me the second prize. It made me his forever.

Your brother Trent. And Travis. And you’re Thomas. Who am I missing? Tiger and Toadstool?

It’s somewhere in the unforeseen when the best, most important moments of our lives seem to happen.

You must have voodoo in your hoohoo.

You have to weigh the joy against the risk.

As far as everyone is concerned, I'm in love with you today and tomorrow.

You need to get one thing straight. I am not bossy. I'm the fucking boss.

If I were going to give you my future, I’d need you to move on from the past.

Maybe, but we're the same, Liis. That's why it didn't work out with other people. I'm not going to let you run away, and you're not going to put up with my shit.

Lack finesse? I’m going to lack his finesse all over the fucking squad room. I covered my mouth even though I hadn’t sworn out loud. They might have a point.

You think she’s been listening to Taylor Swift on her headphones in here?

wasn’t the first, but I would be the last. That didn’t make me the second prize. It made me his forever.

Can’t you see through my bullshit by now?” “Can’t we just…I don’t know…say what we think or feel?

I have motherfucking finesse. Just because I speak my mind means I'm not tactful?

Nothing was more frightening than being manipulated by my own heart.

it. “I don’t mean to poke the bear, but I’ve got one nerve left, and Maddox is dry-humping it. So, could you all move it along?

Anthony pointed his finger, swirling tiny invisible circles in the air. “You must have voodoo in your hoohoo.

What's worse is the louder I am, the less they hear.

Your observations aren't always correct. Sometimes, things go deeper than what you see on the surface.

What the fuck is that?” Thomas asked. “Oh! It’s Toto! I’m babysittin’,

He's not an ogre. Actually, at this point, he might think I'm the ogre.

That I would have to be careful. I lost someone I loved before, and it changed me. I gave up someone I loved before, and it crushed me. I know that when you leave, Liis, however it goes down…it will end me.

The reasons leading to the origin of the problem aren't always simple, but the solution always is.

We’d had to find each other to finally understand that love could not be controlled. Predictions, assumptions, and absolutes were illusions. My love for him was volatile, uncontrollable, and overpowering, but…that was love. Love was real.