Emily Giffin Quote

I know what I have to say. I think of Hillary's advice, how she has been telling me to say something all along. But I am not doing this for her. This is for me. I formulate the sentences, words that have been ringing in my head all summer.I want to be with you, Dex I say steadily. Cancel the wedding. Be with me.There it is. After two months of waiting, a lifetime of passivity, everything is on the line. I feel relieved and liberated and changed. I am a woman who expects happiness. I deserve happiness. Surely he will make me happy.Dex inhales, on the verge of responding.Don't, I say, shaking my head. Please don't talk to me agian unless it's to tell me that the wedding is off. We have nothing more to discuss until then.Our eyes lock. Neither of us blinks for a minute or more. And then, for the first time, I beat Dex in a staring contest.