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21 " Touch her for any reason other than to save her life, and you die. "
― Ana Huang , Twisted Lies (Twisted, #4)
22 " My dream is to be with you. And my biggest fear is losing you. You will always be my first, last, and only love. "
23 " Living in the same building as her was the worst kind of distraction, and I had no one except myself to blame.Twin flames of resentment and frustration burned in my chest. I was weak for Stella Alonso, and I hated it. "
24 " She was so close. I could end the game now, bend her to my will and stoke the embers of attraction between us until they ignited into flames. Give her a taste of what she could have if she succumbed to the inevitability of us. Everything. "
25 " It was only a matter of time before the dark chemistry between us exploded into something neither of us could come back from. "
26 " An Alonso didn’t suffer from anxiety attacks or spend their nights worrying about every little thing that could go wrong the next day. "
27 " The thought of interrupting someone mid-conversation gave me hives. It was awkward and rude and I would rather throw myself into an ice pool in the dead of winter. "
28 " On paper, our relationship had been fake, but there was nothing fake about the way he’d taken care of me, supported me, and believed in me. Nor was there anything fake about the way I felt when I was with him, like I could be me and he’d want me anyway, flaws and all. "
29 " That’s right. And for the record…” I tapped my phone screen. “You need followers with better taste if they’re choosing a unicorn over me. I’m wearing Brioni, for fuck’s sake. "
30 " Eventually, I would catch her, and once I did, I was never letting her go. "
31 " Twin flames of resentment and frustration burned in my chest. I was weak for Stella Alonso, and I hated it. "
32 " Once I did, I could put my disturbing obsession with Stella Alonso behind me once and for all. "
33 " My hand drifted from her hair and onto the elegant curve of her cheekbone. I traced it down to her chin, keeping my touch featherlight so as not to wake her. I wanted to etch every detail of her into my mind until I could close my eyes and picture her as vividly as if she were standing in front of me.Perhaps then I would understand the hold this woman had on me. "
34 " My dream is to be with you. And my biggest fear is losing you. "
35 " DISCOVERED Christian’s dirty little secret. In a dark corner of his den, tucked between DVDs of Reservoir Dogs and The Godfather, he owned a collector’s edition of Spice World. "
36 " I want to make a few things clear.” Christian’s lips brushed mine with each word. “Touch another man, he dies. Let another man touch you, he dies. Tell me I can’t touch you…” His grip tightened on the back of my neck as his voice dropped. “And I will fucking die. "
37 " My breath grazed her cheek as I slid my palm over the curve of her shoulder and down her arm. “I’m not a jealous man, Stella. I have never envied someone for what they have or who they’re with, and yet…” My fingers glided down to her wrist. “I’m jealous of every person you smile at…” A brush over her fingers. “Every laugh I don’t hear…” My touch dipped to her knee and made a slow, languorous journey up her thigh. “Every breeze that touches your skin and every sound that pours through your lips. It. Is. Maddening. "
38 " I have no idea who you are or what you’re capable of. Your dreams, your fears—”“My dream is to be with you. And my biggest fear,” I said, my voice low and ragged with emotion. “Is losing you. "
39 " I love you. So fucking much.”I thought saying those words for the first time would feel strange.They didn’t.They felt like they’d been waiting to find their home all these years and found it in her. "
40 " She was the purest soul I knew, and I was neck-deep in blood.The angel and the sinner.Two oppositional forces with nothing binding us except a sheet of paper and the unquenchable need in my soul.I didn’t deserve to touch her, but I wanted her too much to care. "