"Funny, isn’t it? How life has a way of bringing people together, just to pull them apart again. I don’t believe in fate. I don’t believe in destiny. But I do believe in moments—fleeting, electric, impossible to ignore. And you? You’re one of those moments." "I’m not the kind of man people trust easily. Maybe it’s the way I look at them, or the way I carry myself—like I know more than I should, like I’ve seen too much. And maybe I have. I know how to read people. I see what they want"