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21 " Your breasts. Your nipples. The insides of your thighs. I want you wet for me, baby. A little drunk and a whole lot wet. "
― J. Kenner , Claim Me (Stark Trilogy, #2)
22 " Mostly, it will make me feel better. Please, Nikki. Right now I’m asking. Don’t make me demand. "
23 " You'll be thinking of me, won't you, baby. "
24 " A game, yes. But I like it. In this game, there are no losers. "
25 " I think I understand what Damien needs. Not the pain, but the control. "
26 " I want to soothe him, want to stroke his cheek and run my fingers through his hair. I want to pull his head to my breast and whisper soft words, and I want to make love to him slowly and sweetly until the shadows of the night are gone and the morning light bathes us in color. "
27 " I have to concede that I have often needed things that are not only bad for, but very, very dangerous. "
28 " There is power in his touch, power in the slightest look. He is a hard man who commands a billion-dollar enterprise, and right now I am simply one more thing that he owns. "
29 " You owe me now, mister. You can't expect to steal a woman's pastry and get away with it. "
30 " Hell, yes, I’m jealous. I’m jealous of anyone who comforts you. Who pulls you into his arms and makes the hurt go away. "
31 " Wherever I am, you belong. You’re mine. Say it. "
32 " Most of all, I think of how much I’ve needed all of those things, and of the scars I now bear as testament to my weakness. "
33 " You make me feel amazing, I want you to feel the same.""I do. When I touch you. When I see your skin tremble with desire. When your muscles tighten and draw me in. What is it you think you're doing to me other than making me feel more deeply than I ever have before?""But you're the one in control.""No." He shakes his head. "That's an illusion. It's you, Nikki. You have captured me utterlyy, and you hold my heart in your hands. Be gentle with it. It's more fragile than you might think. "
34 " I saw the hurt on your face when you escaped the party with Evelyn. And each smile, each frown, each laugh, and each flash of pain in your eyes were like wounds to me, Nikki, because I wasn’t the one sharing them with you. "
35 " So did I. Come here.” I am already right beside him, but I slide closer and lean against him. His arm is draped over my shoulder and his fingers are idly stroking my arm. I slide down and put my head on his lap. I kick off my shoes and curl my legs up on the seat as Damien strokes my hair. Part of me wants to stay like that forever, warm and safe in Damien’s lap. "
36 " You’re like the portrait,” he says. “A vision of erotic beauty. But a portrait isn’t flesh, and its beauty can’t feel pleasure. "
37 " He picks me up and carries me to bed, then eases up to spoon behind me, his arms around my waist. I sigh, lost in the pleasure of being so well attended to. "
38 " For a moment his expression reveals nothing. Then I see the smile light his eyes, though it does not reach his lips. He cups my head with his hand and looks at me with an expression of such adoration it takes my breath away. “Don’t you know, Nikki? No matter where you go, I will always find you. "
39 " fuckalicious "
40 " He wants his lover to trust him. To surrender herself to him completely. To let him orchestrate the pleasures of her body. But he leaves the ultimate choice up to her. He lets her have one hand free, and that is the moment Blaine captured on the canvas. "