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Playing with Fire (Hot in Chicago, #2) QUOTES

Playing with Fire (Hot in Chicago, #2) QUOTES

1 " Knowing what she did to him made her feel powerful, just as knowing what he did to her made her feel weak. "

― Kate Meader , Playing with Fire (Hot in Chicago, #2)

2 " She leaned in, a tip she had read today on HuffPo’s Love & Sex section. Boobs out, smile wide, voice low.

Being sexy was exhausting. "

― Kate Meader , Playing with Fire (Hot in Chicago, #2)

3 " She should pull away, even though she had begged for it with her smart mouth. She should punish him for every crime he’d perpetrated. For being too good-looking, too sexy, too everything. But the kiss was like him—just too damn good. Warm and brutal, providing answers to questions she never knew she had. He teased with his tongue along the seam of her mouth, seeking that last nudge of acceptance as if it was his God-given right.

She parted her lips, and like a predator hinged on her threshold, he took. "

― Kate Meader , Playing with Fire (Hot in Chicago, #2)

4 " Watching him walk over, Alex mused that Eli Cooper was the sort of man who knew how to use his physicality. Beneath his handmade shirts and tailored suits, a street fighter hummed through every loose-limbed motion. But that impression did not extend to his face, which was structurally perfect. Skyscraper-high cheekbones. Superhero jaw. A mouth that should have a government warning. There were no signs of past trouble with a jealous husband or an abandoned girlfriend. No one had ever broken his nose. No one had busted his lip.

Strange, because her first instinct on seeing him was to roundhouse kick him into the next millennium. "

― Kate Meader , Playing with Fire (Hot in Chicago, #2)

5 " They’re a slow-moving lot, reporters. Slothlike. Weighed down by all that righteous indignation about the freedom of the press and the public’s right to know, not to mention the liquid lunches they see as their constant due. Go out now and you’re playing right into their grasping, ink-stained hands.” He cocked an ear to the door. “I’m doing my best to protect your reputation here. It wouldn’t do to have a serving wench caught in a compromising position with the lord of the manor.”

“You don’t have the cleavage to make a good serving wench, Eli. "

― Kate Meader , Playing with Fire (Hot in Chicago, #2)

6 " He was the hottest guy she had ever
seen, so out of her league they hadn’t invented his league yet. It was like Future League of Hot Guys We Can’t Place Because They’re Too Fucking Hot. "

― Kate Meader , Playing with Fire (Hot in Chicago, #2)

7 " She pushed him back to the desk, poking his chest.
“I may punch you, bite you, crush your nuts between my thighs. It’s going to be the best hate sex I’ve ever had. And your survival is not my first concern. "

― Kate Meader , Playing with Fire (Hot in Chicago, #2)

8 " Who needs the fairy tale when crazy, messy, sexy reality with the woman I adore is a million times better? "

― Kate Meader , Playing with Fire (Hot in Chicago, #2)

9 " Compounding her misery was the fact it was the worst day of the year for a singleton : Valentine's Day. Whatever. She preferred to see it as the Day Before the 50% Off Truffles Sale at Frannie May "

― Kate Meader , Playing with Fire (Hot in Chicago, #2)

10 " Alexandra, I can handle my own fucking cock."

Stitch that on a pillow. "

― Kate Meader , Playing with Fire (Hot in Chicago, #2)