The Holly Dates

If I had to go on another million terrible first dates to end up with Kai, I’d do it again in a heartbeat. I’d take on every single heartbreak if it led me to him.
Kai Kane… My favorite Christmas gift.

Next, don’t fall asleep during a Lord of the Rings marathon. It’s just disrespectful.”
“You make me watch the uncut versions. Those are hours long.”
“They are masterpieces.”
“They are mediocre at best.”
He pointed a stern finger in my direction. “Bite your tongue, or I’ll downplay Harry Potter.”
“Don’t be a madman.”

We shared a first date sitting at the corner of the bar. I cooked the food and served us cocktails as Holly did what she did best—made my life better.

You had an affair and left me when you got pregnant with the person’s kid. That’s not a bad mistake. That’s a choice.

the one meant for you will never call you too much. They’d see your mess, and they will still call it beautiful.

Don’t hold the idea that your love was too much. It was simply given to the wrong person.

His dirty talk was amazing, but his gentle kisses afterward? That level of intimacy was my new favorite thing.

“You can look if you want. I’m not shy.”
“It appears not a single part of you is shy,” she commented, nodding down toward my pride and joy, who was fully awake for the exchange.
“What can I say? It wanted to say good morning to you.”
“It’s not even eight in the morning, and we are talking about your penis. I need coffee.”
“I can give you some of my creamer if you’re—”
“Kai!” Holly shouted, her face completely beet red.

He fell asleep and began to snore.
I thought I’d hate sharing a bed with a man who snored because I was a light sleeper, but that night I didn’t mind as much since it was Kai’s snores.
Kai Kane.
Butterflies, snoring, and Kai Kane.

A shitty man deserved shitty pants.”
“That needs to be on a T-shirt.