" You want him to watch me hurt you?”
“Oh, oui”
“So he can see what he’s missing?”
“No.” Kingsley shook his head. “So he can see who you really are.”
“And who am I?” she asked…
“That’s for me to know, and for you to beat out of me. "

― Tiffany Reisz , The Virgin (The Original Sinners, #7)