" Last night you told me not to trust you, and tonight you tell me I should. What’s changed?”
“What’s changed is that I…” Falco reached for her face, his fingertips caressing her cheekbones. “I’m falling in love with you,” he said, brushing a strand of hair back from her eyes. “For the longest time I couldn’t see it. I didn’t want to see it. So impossible. But I can’t deny my feelings any longer. You’re more than a muse, Cass. I want you to be more. I want you to be mine.”
“But you know--” Cass could barely stutter out a sentence; Falco’s words were so unexpected, she could hardly breathe. “But I’m engaged…”
“Forget the engagement. Forget what you’re supposed to do. What do you want to do, Cass? What do you need? "

― Fiona Paul , Venom (Secrets of the Eternal Rose, #1)