In the healthiest romantic storylines, virginity is not a treasure to be taken nor a curse to be lifted. It is merely a starting line. The real love story is what happens the next morning, the next argument, the next decade.
Falling in Love with Virginity: The Changing Relationship between Romantic Love and Virginity Loss in the Harlequin Mills & Boon Romance
Leo looks at it, then at her. He doesn’t take it. “Elara,” he says, his voice quiet but firm. “I didn’t sign up for a mission. I signed up for you .”