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A promise, a bond, a joy, a love for the ages, for the history books.…But what was love but pain?

Melissa de la Cruz

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Melissa de la Cruz
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
City of Manila
Love
Ages
Promise
Joy
Books
Age
Pain
History
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Bond

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Time did not mean anything to those who had too much of it, but it was even more precious once it was limited.
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Do not cry for me, Azrael. Do not waste your tears. You made your decision. And this is mine. Sacrifice seems to be my destiny. A funny thing for a selfish man, isn't it? They always called me weak back then.
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You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.
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Kingsley did the same, except he also removed his T-shirt, showing off his broad chest, tan and smooth. When had Kingsley had time to work on his tan? Mimi wondered.
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The rose fell into his lap, and he looked up, startled. Mimi grinned. Hey handsom Mimi sent. What's up? Jack replied, without speaking. Just thinking of you. Jack's smile deepened, and he threw the rose back at her so that it landed in her lap. Mimi tucked it behind her ear and fluttered her eyelashes appreciatively.
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When she reached the shallow end, Kingsley held out his hand and pulled her up, but she lost her step and fell into his arms, her body crushing momentarily against his.
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She can't let him go not telling him what she was about to do. Kingsley...I can't do this. I'm coming with you.
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A picture is worth a thousand texts.
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Now that she decided she knew exactly what she wanted –him- she couldn’t wait to break the news. And if he didn’t want her, she could live with that – what she wouldn’t be able to live with was if she never told him.
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Not that they were there to have fun—although with Kingsley Martin around, fun was never far from the agenda.
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A mind is like a puzzle you must unlock it to read its hidden secrets.
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And Kingsley being Kingsley, he smiled as he pretended to pull the trigger.
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If she loved him the way she said she did, she wanted him whole. Maybe this was what love meant after all: sacrifice and selflessness. It did not mean hearts and flowers and a happy ending, but the knowledge that another's well-being is more important than one's own.
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As an author you hope your characters have sparks but truly in the end they have minds of their own!
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Bonds are like rules, they're meant to be broken.
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Jack leaped over the gate, his sword aflame. To vanquish his foe and rescue his love.
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Stop your doubting, my love. I knew you would find me. ~Jack
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You made a sacrifice. And heaven rewarded you.
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I have never given this ring, my soul, to anyone. Azrael has never had any part of this. This is the only part of myself that is truly mine, and now it is yours.” —Jack Force
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