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1 " Feet shuffled closer then halted when Reeve said, “Touch her, I’ll break your neck. "
― Laurelin Paige , First Touch (First and Last, #1)
2 " That was the funny thing about smiles--if you flashed the right one, no one knew there was more going on inside. "
3 " And then sometimes, rarely, in the middle of the night, he’d be sweet. Pulling me into his lap, kissing me, caressing me. Letting me fly but anchoring me with his eyes. Speaking words he’d never dare say in the light of day. "
4 " His weakness was me. He wanted me and he hated that maybe as much as I hated him. "
5 " I don’t know, Reeve. Because you do a lot of talking, and all I hear are mixed messages.” “I’m unmixing them now. Listen. This is the one I want you to hear. "
6 " Why can’t we worry about each other? "
7 " A flood of inadequacy poured over me, a feeling of I-don’t-belong, but if not here, then where? The room began to close in around me, blanketing me with acute heaviness. "
8 " The only thing shittier than the way men treated a pretty woman was the way women did. "
9 " I’m an awful host,” he said eventually. “I should tell you to make yourself at home, but all I care about is making myself at home inside you. "
10 " It was a kiss that took—took my desire, took my passion, took my will. "
11 " Even in my thoughts, he watched me. "
12 " Now the door was open. Now one of us just had to walk through it. "
13 " I’m trying. I’m going to keep trying with you. "
14 " I can’t figure you out, Emily.” His words were tight yet even. “I don’t know if I like you or if I just want to fuck you. "
15 " I understood exactly what it was to want to change. To try to change. To find it impossible. "
16 " He had so much control over me, so much power to have me this close to destruction so quickly. I was exposed. Raw and vulnerable. Caught off guard by how easily he annihilated me each and every time. It scared me. "
17 " I was here because this was who I was—a strong, independent woman with distinct wants and needs that were only met when I submitted to a man. "
18 " He’s a rich, powerful man. Rich, powerful men get away with things all the time. It’s the law of capitalism. It’s especially an issue when those rich, powerful men have ties to men who are richer and more powerful. "
19 " No,” I told him. “You tell me what I want. That’s what I want. "
20 " He was always rough. Always raw. He fucked me however he wanted. "
