This book is dedicated to all those affected by cancer.
Why I love you
*
1 - The way you caress
2 - Your soft touches
3 - The way you kiss
4 - Your pouting lips
They’re all part of sixteen reasons why I love you
5 - The way you look at me
6 - Your big brown eyes
7 - The way you submit to me
8 - Your loving sighs
That’s just half of sixteen reasons why I love you
9 - Snuggling next to me
10 - You alluring plea
11 - Whispering in my ear
12 - Your longing and desire
13 - The way you arouse my heart
14 - Your yearning want
15 - You say you love me
16 - My angelic devotee
Those are all of the sixteen reasons why I love you
* Title is Inspired by Sixteen Reasons (why I love you) by Bill and Doree Post
Marcus promised Jasmine forever, and they were supposed to live happily ever after. Now that he is gone, she refuses to let anything remind her of their beautiful life together because it is too precious to become just a memory, and that includes his funeral...
His brother Alexander, whose existence she has no knowledge of, walks into her life and becomes her safe-haven. Can she extricate herself from her desolation and fall in love again?
avoidance
an act or practice of avoiding or withdrawing from something
(Merriam-Webster)
serendipity
an unplanned fortunate discovery
(Wikipedia)
devastated
emotionally shattered or distraught
(Merriam-Webster)
astonished
greatly surprised or impressed
(Oxford Languages)
befuddled
(Merriam-Webster)
flabbergasted
(Cambridge Dictionary)
inundation
an overwhelming abundance of people or things
(Oxford Languages)
forlorn
pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
(Oxford Languages)
saudade
(in Portuguese folk culture) a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for a person or thing that is absent
(dictionary.com)
discombobulate
to confuse someone or make someone feel uncomfortable
(Cambridge Dictionary)
metastasize
- (of a cancer) spread to other sites in the body by metastasis
(Oxford Languages)
Shibari
a form of Japanese rope bondage
(Autostraddle.com)
stereotype
endeavor
try hard to do or achieve something
(Oxford Languages)
nugatory
worth nothing or of little value
(Cambridge Dictionary)
intrigued
having one’s interest, desire, or curiosity strongly aroused
(Merriam-Webster)
gratification
pleasure, especially when gained from the satisfaction of a desire
(Oxford Languages)
nefarious
extremely wicked or villainous
dictionary.com
Good Samaritan
one who is compassionate and helpful to a person in distress
(dictionary.com)
concupiscence
strong sexual desire
(Oxford Languages)
infatuation
a feeling of foolish or very strong love or admiration for someone
(Merriam-Webster)
court
be involved with romantically
(Oxford Languages)
limerence
an intense desire for someone, with intrusive thoughts and a desire for a relationship and reciprocation
(Wikipedia)
prejudice
an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge
(Cambridge Dictionary)
contrite
feeling or expressing remorse or penitence
(Oxford Languages)
benevolent
well meaning and kindly
(Oxford Languages)
mellifluous
smooth and gentle and very pleasant to listen to
(Collins Dictionary)
novaturient
desiring or seeking powerful change in one’s life, behavior, or situation
(donnawrites.com)
reminiscence
the act of remembering events and experiences from the past
(Cambridge Dictionary)
apricity
the warmth of the Sun in winter
(Wiktionary)
ineradicable
unable to be destroyed or removed
(Oxford Languages)
undogmatic
not having or agreeing with fixed beliefs about a subject
(Cambridge Dictionary)
Frères pour toujours
Brothers forever
beatific
blissfully happy
(Oxford Languages)
