The Sweetest Oblivion (Made Book 1)

Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”

Nico didn’t treat me like glass. He shattered the reflection of an empty life staring back at me.

He taught me how to soar.

“We are most alive when we’re in love.”

—John Updike

“Nobody touches you, Elena, no matter what you do tonight. Do you understand me?”

“Nobody touches you,” I shot back.

She had a long way to go to be a Russo, but hell, I’d walk with her the whole way.

If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.”

—Audrey Hepburn

And I had a bad, bad feeling that if this girl used the word please, I would give her anything she wanted.

“Show me.”

Instead of taking the phone from my hand, he pulled me onto his lap.

And then it was nothing but me, him, and a long way to the ground.

the slightest aftertaste of heartbreak remained.