#shaw

Mara, if you're tired, I can hear it. If you're hurt, I can feel it. And if you lie, I will know it. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#noah-shaw #the-unbecoming-of-mara-dyer #love

Wait," I said as Noah slipped a book from a shelf and headed toward the door. "Where are you going?" "To read?" But I don't want you to. "But I need to go home," I said, my eyes meeting his. "My parents are going to kill me." "Taken care of. You're at Sophie's house." I loved Sophie. "So I'm...staying here?" "Daniel's covering for you." I loved Daniel. "Where's Katie?" I asked, trying to sound casual. "Eliza's house." I loved Eliza. "And your parents?" I asked. "Some charity thing." I loved charity. "So why are you going to read when I'm right here? ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#humor #mara-dyer #noah-shaw #sexy #ya

Have you kissed many boys before?" he asked quietly. His question brought my mind back into focus. I raised an eyebrow. "Boys? That's an assumption." Noah laughed, the sound low and husky. "Girls, then?" "No." "Not many girls? Or not many boys?" "Neither," I said. Let him make of that what he would. "How many?" "Why—" "I am taking away that word. You are no longer allowed to use it. How many?" My cheeks flushed, but my voice was steady as I answered. "One." At this, Noah leaned in impossibly closer, the slender muscles in his forearm flexing as he bent his elbow to bring himself nearer to me, almost touching. I was heady with the proximity of him and grew legitimately concerned that my heart might explode. Maybe Noah wasn't asking. Maybe I didn't mind. I closed my eyes and felt Noah's five o' clock graze my jaw, and the faintest whisper of his lips at my ear. "He was doing it wrong. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#kiss #mara-dyer #noah-shaw #sexy #ya

I was warned about you, you know." And with that half-smile that wrecked me, Noah said, "But you're here anyway. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#favorite #mara-dyer #noah-shaw #sexy #ya

Rubbish. The Taj Mahal is only a hundred eighty-six square feet. This house has twenty-five thousand." I stared at him blankly. "I was kidding," he said. I stared at him blankly. "All right, I wasn't kidding. Let's go, shall we.?" "After you, my liege. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#noah-shaw #kids

I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#temptation

My girl is talented," Noah said. My heart stopped beating. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#talent

I must be made of nothing to feel so much nothing. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#nothing #evolution

Mara, I have never felt about anyone the way I feel about you. And when you're ready for me to show you," he said, brushing my hair to the side, "I'm going to kiss you." His thumb grazed my ear and his hand curved around my neck. He leaned me backward and my eyes fluttered closed. I breathed in the scent of him as he leaned in and kissed the hollow under my ear. My pulse raced under his lips. "And I won't settle for anything less. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#race

My father might be right. If I lost Noah, I might just lose my mind. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#michelle-hodkin #noah-shaw #the-evolution-of-mara-dyer #evolution