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1 " We all have control over what kind of person we are. Each word that comes out, each action that we take, defines us. "
― Ruth Cardello , Maid for the Billionaire (Legacy Collection, #1)
2 " She felt anger rippling through his muscles and knew that she had stumbled upon an old, yet still raw, emotional scar. "
3 " desire to answer the incessant ring of the cell phone he’d ignored since yesterday. Rather than turning it off, he’d muffled the noise by burying the device deep within a coat pocket, maintaining the connection to his life like a distant beacon. Despite the oppressive heat, he paused at the bottom stair of his old brownstone. There was nothing spectacular about it, outside of its location near the upbeat Newbury Street. If he remembered "
4 " Normally, Dominic appreciated his even temper, but today it grated on him. Maybe the forty or so hours without sleep were beginning to catch up with him. He fought an impulse to toss his phone over the metal railing. The world wasn’t the orderly, rational place Jake liked to organize it into. It was messy. It was ugly. And, most recently, it lacked justice. “How is Boston?” The inane question almost sent Dominic over the edge. “How do you think? "
5 " He came in looking so rough on the outside, but there was a real sadness in his eyes. I just wanted to comfort him. Then he looked at me and—I was on fire. I’ve never felt that way before. It doesn’t matter that I don’t even know him. "