“Okay, let me get the sequence of events straight,” she said. “He told you was in love with you-” “He said he was in the process of falling in love with me.” Maggie rolled her eyes. “So he qualified it slightly. Big fucking deal. He still put it out there. You respond by—correct me if [...]

“You look surprisingly ornery for the morning after a hot date.” I ignored Maggie and poured myself a cup of coffee, momentarily forgetting that there is no ignoring Maggie. “How was it? There’s something about Cullen that screams ‘big enough to be in porno,’ but then again, any guy would seem well-endowed after that needle [...]

Cullen was leaning against the kitchen counter holding a bouquet of stargazer lilies. He straightened his posture before offering them to me. “A somewhat unorthodox choice, I know, but I thought of you when I saw them.” Stargazer lilies have been favorite flowers ever since I was little, largely because they were freckled like me. [...]