RIDE OR CRY
"I love you."
The words hung in the air like a prayer, like a promise, like the beginning of something that could never end. Maya said them with her whole chest, her whole heart, her whole goddamn soul. She said them like she'd been holding them in for years and they'd finally broken free. She said them like she'd never get the chance to say them again.
Knox looked at her. His eyes were dark, soft, full of a tenderness that made her knees weak. He didn't say it back right away. He didn't have to. She could see it in the way his hands trembled when he reached for her. She could see it in the way his breath caught when she stepped closer. She could see it in the way he looked at her like she was the only woman in the world.
"I love you," she said again, because she couldn't s
