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1 " Dicen que los pingüinos se aman para toda la vida (...) y yo quiero ser tu pingüino. —Lev "
― Belle Aurora , Lev (Shot Callers, #1)
2 " They say penguins mate for life.” He reached up again and jerked hard at his tie. “And I want to be your penguin. "
3 " My arms around her waist tightened a little. I never wanted to let go. “I don’t know what love is,” I started quietly. “But if I could love anyone…” I pressed a gentle kiss behind her ear, pulling her close. “I would love you. Very much. "
4 " I’m not ashamed of who you are. And the only time I would look down on you is if I were helping you back up. "
5 " Who sleeps in my bed at night?”I buried my nose in his neck and mumbled, “I do.”“You do,” he confirmed. “And who makes me smile?”“I smiled against the stubble on his throat. “Me.”“Exactly.” He turned to kiss my cheek. “No one else. It’s you. It’s always been you.” He spoke softly, “I just needed to find you. Now that I have you, I won’t be letting you go. Okay?”“Okay,” I whispered, feeling my jealousy slip away. "
6 " I am dangerously close to falling in love with you,” he tilted his head in thought before adding, “if not already there. "
7 " This is Mina. She was homeless. I found her. I’m keeping her. She loves me. So we’re getting married.” And I died. Embarrassment seeped out of me like oozing slime. "
8 " Remember? In the car. You told me that you planned to marry one man, and that one man would be me. I agree with you. I think you should marry me. "
9 " Being alive was easy. Living, on the other hand…well, that was a little harder. "
10 " Lev Leokov was an open book. I only needed to discover the language in which his pages were written. "
11 " I would wait ten years if you asked me, Mina.” His eyes softened. “I feel like I’ve waited my whole life for you. A week is nothing in comparison. "
12 " I don’t know what love is,” I started quietly. “But if I could love anyone…” I pressed a gentle kiss behind her ear, pulling her close. “I would love you. Very much. "
13 " Love,” he advised gently, “is a doing word. And sometimes the people who least deserve it are the ones who need it most. "
14 " It was funny how people who had nothing would offer everything to those in need, and people who had comfort scarcely offered it to people who needed it. "
15 " I would be his rock when his reason floated away. And he would be the person I needed to remind me that I was no longer alone in the world. "
16 " You don’t like people seeing you.” My eyes met him then. “I beg your pardon?” His eyes roamed my fresh face. “You can’t hide behind makeup. You can try, but you won’t succeed. Not with me.” He paused then said, “I see you. "
17 " I’m sorry. I told you I’m not good with words.” Wrapping my arms around his neck, I pressed my lips to his and spoke against them, “You are perfect, Lev. Your words are honest and colored beautifully. You make me feel things I thought were lost to me. And I’m in danger of losing my heart to you. "
18 " I will spend my life loving you and you will spend your happy life making me a better person, as you already have, from your mere presence ... I will be the man you deserve. I’m not quite there, mouse, but I’m working on it. "
19 " Lev could not be fixed. And I didn’t want to repair the broken part of him. He was perfectly imperfect, and I was his in heart and soul. "
20 " Well? You just gonna stand there?” She huffed out a breath. “How does she look, Lev?” Mina looked up at me through lowered lashes, biting the inside of her lip. She wrung her fingers together, and I wondered how it would feel to have those fingers run through my hair. How did she look? “Like art,” I responded sincerely. "