Extraits

“I want your heart, Catalina.” Both of his hands rose to my shoulders, trailing up my neck and cupping my face. “I want it for myself, just how I have given you mine.”

It’s yours, you beautiful and blind man, I wanted to tell him. Take it. I don’t want it anymore, I wanted to scream at him and anyone that would listen.

“You are playing hard to get, Blackford. But it’s all right,” I said, realizing Aaron hadn’t given me that explanation he owed me. “I can guess why

I’m here.” I’ll do that if it helps me to stop thinking crazy, stupid stuff about you. “I’m game if you are.”

More silence.

“All right, I’ll take that as a yes. Let’s play.” I shifted in my seat, angling my body to my left side. “Why am I here? Let’s see … am I here to protect you from a crazy ex-girlfriend?” Basic, but

I had to start somewhere. “You look like a man who would attract crazy.”

He looked at me sideways, his forehead wrinkling. “What’s that supposed to mean?” He shook his head, returning his gaze to the road.

“You know what? I don’t want to know.”

- Tu ne seras peut-être pas surpris, mais j'ai bien failli tuer quelques personnes, ai-je avoué, considérant la trêve que j'avais imposée comme un feu vert pour me confier à lui. Et tu n'es même pas en haut de la liste.

- Je...

Il s'est interrompu, l'air pensif.

- Je ne sais pas non plus comment je dois le prendre. Dois-je être offensé ou reconnaissant?

- Les deux, Blackford. Et puis, la journée n'est pas terminée. Tu peux encore revendiquer ta place de numéro un.

Il n'y a pas de mais, l'ai-je arrêtée en levant une main. Aaron Blackford est sur ma liste noire, et il y restera. Point final.

-Quand il y a un obstacle sur le chemin et que tu tombes, je tombe avec toi. On se bat pour traverser les épreuves ensemble.

- Je te donnerai le monde, a-t-il dit contre ma bouche. La lune. Les putains d'étoiles. Tout ce que tu demanderas sera à toi. Je suis à toi.

She'll always have me." [...] "She doesn't know it yet, but she is stuck with me.

"And now? Are you completely happy now, Aaron?" [...]

"Completely? Not yet. But I'm working my fucking hardest on getting there."

He didn’t even blink as he talked, looking straight into my eyes. And I didn’t think I did either. I didn’t think I was even breathing. “All the time I wasted so foolishly. All the time I could have had with her.”

« Because it was all you were willing to give me. And I’d rather have you hating me than not have you at all. »