May I see you again?

“May I see you again?" he asked. There was an endearing nervousness in his voice.

I smiled. "Sure."

"Tomorrow?" he asked.

"Patience, grasshopper," I counseled. "You don't want to seem overeager."

"Right, that's why I said tomorrow," he said. "I want to see you again tonight. But I'm willing to wait all night and much of tomorrow." I rolled my eyes. "I'm serious," he said.

"You don't even know me," I said. I grabbed the book from the center console. "How about I call you when I finish this?"

"But you don't even have my phone number," he said.

"I strongly suspect you wrote it in the book."

He broke out into that goofy smile. "And you say we don't know each other.”

本文节选自《无比美妙的痛苦》，讲述了一对生命行将结束的男女探索生命的过程。该书长达80周居于《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜首位，创下了美国青春文学的奇迹。

                                  ——《百词斩爱阅读》