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1 " Sometimes I wore smiles but didn’t feel them. Sometimes I felt them and didn’t wear them. I didn’t want her to know how much I craved this. I bit my bottom lip. "
― Penelope Douglas , Rival (Fall Away, #2)
2 " But that was two years ago. She wasn’t sexy to me anymore. Now she was lethal. "
3 " But we were different now. I wanted only his pain, and judging from the girl he’d come home with last night, Madoc was still the same. A user. "
4 " Fallon affected my body in weird ways. But only because she’s different, I told myself. "
5 " You have to have something to love. Something to fight for to make living a goal instead of a job. "
6 " When you stepped on Jared’s toes, you’d get punched in the gut. If you stepped on Jax’s toes, he’d hack into the county database and issue a warrant for your arrest. "
7 " Whether or not he still wanted me, I knew he wouldn’t want anyone else to have me. "
8 " But I found out that they were part of a façade that he adopted. When the clothes came off, so did Madoc’s mask. At night when he’d hang out in just jeans and nothing else, it was like I was seeing an entirely different guy. Strong. Powerful. Mine. "
9 " I talked a lot of shit, but truth be told, it was more for my ears than anyone else’s. Madoc was designer. I was Target. He was Godiva. I was Snickers. And as far as he was concerned, he was entitled, and I was the freeloading daughter of the gold- digging whore who had snagged his father. "
10 " Madoc has a winning personality, and he’s hot. But Jared is just hot. At least Madoc has more going for him. Was she on a mission from God to reform assholes? "
11 " I wanted him angry and out of his mind. I wanted to trap him. "
12 " Madoc thought I was dirt under his shoe. Screw him. "
13 " Most guys, Madoc, like something different. You know why you want to see me in “nice,” skimpy things? Because the more I show, the less I’m hiding. I scare you. "
14 " For all intents and purposes, he was a fun guy. "
15 " Sometimes I wondered if the angels talked to get me to behave or to entice the devil to come out to play. "
16 " He was here. We were alone. We were angry. Déjà vu. "
17 " He was soft and slow, gentle and attentive. Possessive. "
18 " The thing is, Fallon . . . I told you before to lock the door if you wanted me to stay out. Funny thing is . . .” I leaned in. “You. Never. Did. "
19 " But breaking was beautiful. It hurt, and it was an uphill climb back to sanity, but you came back stronger, fiercer, and more solid than you were before. Tate had obviously been through it, I had, and eventually so would K.C., I thought. "
20 " Madoc was always calm, after all. So calm all the damn time growing up. He didn’t shout or show his anger until he’d had enough. And you never knew exactly when that was going to be. That was the scary part about him. "