Biker's Forbidden Desire
Sarah John
I thought about the way his large hands felt against my jawline in the quiet middle of the night, the way his silent, unyielding presence had been my only true anchor when the world was burning down around us in Budapest.
"You choose them," I said simply. "You choose them every single morning when you open your eyes, and you choose them every evening when the sun goes down. You choose them when it’s incredibly hard, when the shadows are long, and even when you’re entirely angry. You choose them because the alternative—the absolute void of not choosing them—is entirely worse. And because, against all logic and all odds, they continue to choose you back."
Catherine let out a soft, rueful laugh, leaning back against her chair. "That sounds incredibly exhausting."