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1 " I mean you can be with the person, but still be yourself. You can be happy to be yourself. It’s very…nice,” her grandmother had said quietly. “When you’re with a person who is content to let you be. It’s the most peaceful thing in the world. "
― Alisha Rai , A Gentleman in the Street (The Campbell Siblings, #1)
2 " He shot her an incredulous glance. “When do you sleep?” She glanced deliberately at her watch. “Sometime between fucking and ruling the world. "
3 " He started to curse but cut himself off. She wanted him to curse. She wanted him to be bad, as bad as her. She wanted to corrupt him, stain his pure soul, stamp the imprint of her nastiness on him. "
4 " Jacob scrubbed his hand over his mouth, before pulling it away and staring down at it as if he’d been singed. She smirked. Her juices were all over his face. She hoped they set him on fire. She hoped she was imprinted on him forever. "
5 " You think I’m dirty?” “I know you’re dirty. I want you in the shower so I can make you filthy. "
6 " I lied, okay?” He raked his hands through his disheveled hair and took a deep breath, making a visible effort to bring himself under control. “I fucking lied. Of course I would chase you. Of course I would beg you to give us a chance. How am I…what am I supposed to do when I can’t function without you? "
7 " She worked up her most blinding smile, the one that could stop traffic and launch a thousand ships, that could destroy a man or make him feel a thousand feet tall. “Hello, Brother Jacob. "
8 " No, her father would never be able to hurt her, ever. He couldn’t know what was in her heart because he had no idea how to have a heart. Hiro "
9 " Akira’s funeral wouldn’t be tasteful. There would be firecrackers and alcohol and beautiful men weeping. “Incredibly tasteful.” Jacob "
10 " His lips slammed down on hers and cut off her words. For a split second, she could only sit, stunned, as his mouth moved on hers. What. The. Fuck. Had she ever been kissed like this? Had he ever kissed like this? Because he kissed like he hadn’t tasted a woman in forty years, like she was the last woman on earth. He kissed like there would be no beginning or end without her. He kissed her like he…wanted her. "