“Your fate will be kind to me,” I tell her. “I can make anyone grow to love me in time.”
Rose rolls her eyes. “Your fate is my fate.” I believe her. “And they don’t love you, Connor. They love the person you give them.” She pauses and say, “I love you. I’m proud of you. And I can’t imagine being anywhere but by your side.”
I lift her chin, her gaze burning all of these truths into me. “I’m always whomever or whatever people need me to be, but you were the only one who needed me to be me.”