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"You love me, don't you?"
I smiled.
"Of course I do."
But he didn't say it back.
Claire Murphy has always been the kind of girl who believes in happy endings.
She's sunshine in human form-beautiful, loud, funny, kind, and completely unafraid to love people with her whole heart.
And she's completely, hopelessly in love with Sam Hayes.
The problem?
Sam doesn't believe he's someone worth loving.
He's eighteen, covered in tattoos, terrible at school, angry at the world, and carrying more baggage than anyone knows about. His relationship with his father has left him convinced that he'll never be good enough for anyone.
Especially Claire.
Because Claire is everything Sam thinks he doesn't deserve.
She's too good for him.
And Sam knows it.
They've been dating for months, and Claire has already said the three words that changed everything.
I love you.
Sam never said them back.
Not because he doesn't feel them.
But because he's terrified that if Claire ever sees how broken he really is, she'll realize she can do so much better.
Claire doesn't know that.
All she knows is that the boy she loves has never told her he loves her.
And slowly, she's beginning to wonder if their relationship means as much to him as it does to her.
She thinks maybe he's just waiting for it to end.
He thinks she's eventually going to realize she's too good for him.
Two people desperately in love.
One afraid to say it.
One afraid she isn't loved at all.
And neither of them knows the truth.
Because sometimes the person who loves you the most is the same person who is most afraid of losing you.