An Obsessive Love

He loves me, and his love has broken the spell, because not only do I know where my fear of love really comes from, but I no longer need to fear it if he loves me too!

Falling in love is something so unstoppable and uncontrollable that all you can do is pray you don’t get smashed to pieces.

I’m in love with him, she realised with a sickening lurch of the heart, but as the fear washed over her in waves, she reminded herself that he must love her to have done all of this, he must love her, he must…

And if he does love me, she thought fiercely, then it’s all right to love him, it can’t be dangerous, because he’ll stay with me, match my hunger, my passionate obsession, my fathomless capacity for love…

Stop being romantic and start being a bit more level-headed.

Dominic Thorne stared at her, smiling too, looking suddenly as though what he wanted most in the world was to fall into her eyes.