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1 " Are you sure you’ve never wooed a girl before? You’re very good at it.” “I’m not trying to woo you. I’m trying to ruin you for all others. "
― Kelley R. Martin , Down and Out (Knockout Love #1)
2 " I don’t have it in me to deny her this, no matter how mad I am or how hurt. I’ll always want her, regardless of what she does or what painful words she throws my way. All she has to do is say the word, and I’m hers. That probably makes me weak and pathetic, but right now I don’t care. Because right now I’m pulling her to me and bending down to kiss her. "
3 " I’m not trying to woo you. I’m trying to ruin you for all others. "
4 " If I want more than sex from this girl, I’ll have to fight for it. And I’ve never lost a fight. "
5 " If you really want to go down this road, I will gladly take your shorts off and bury myself so far inside you, you won’t be able to tell where I end and you begin. But let me warn you, Kitten, it won’t end there. Before the night is over, I’ll have had you in every way imaginable, and on every damn surface in this apartment. You sure you’re up for that? "
6 " Blood doesn’t make you family, "
7 " Pretty packaging can mask some of the worst kinds of ugly. "
8 " I’m fucked when it comes to this girl. So fucked. "
9 " I want to make something of myself. And this tattooed package of sin standing before me is one distraction I cannot afford, no matter how how tempting he might be. "
10 " Declan turns the ignition and the engine rumbles to life. I’m immediately jealous that a car twenty years older than my already ancient Honda just starts right up, without any coaxing or sweet-talking. It’s not fair. I had to tell my car “I love you” three times yesterday before the damn thing would turn over.Needy bitch. "
11 " After I put my phone on vibrate and set it on my nightstand, I check on Savannah. She’s sitting in the tubful of water with her knees drawn to her chest, her hair piled high in a clip, and my eyes instinctually take in all the smooth, pale skin before me. I feel like a dick for noticing her nakedness at all, especially at a time like this, but I can’t help it.I have two functioning eyes and a penis. I blame them. "
12 " Till our next date?” “Oh, yeah,” he says, making a “well, duh” face. “All bets are off on our next date. "
13 " His tattooed wrist appears back in the doorway, "
14 " had you in every way imaginable, and on every "
15 " Plaid never looked so sexy. "