Seduce Me, Cowboy

makes your life richer. Maybe it’s a cliché, but from where I’m standing you need to hear the cliché. You need to start believing it.”

“I don’t understand why she would want to be with me,” Jonathan said. “She’s…sweet. And she’s never been hurt. I’m…well, I’m a mess. That’s not what she deserves. She deserves to have a man who’s in mint condition, like she is.”

“But doesn’t it scare you?” he asked, his voice rough. “What if he leaves?”

She reached out, putting her hand on his. “It would break my heart. But I would be okay. I would have you. And I would…still be more whole than I was before I loved him. That’s the thing about love. It doesn’t make you weak, Jonathan, it makes you stronger. Opening yourself up, letting people in…that makes your life bigger.