Determining Possession (Connecticut Kings, #3)

by Christina C. Jones

“You can’t make a person be faithful by doing things for them, and not doing things for them isn’t gonna make them step out. There’s one reason – because they wanted to. And that’s about them. Not you.”

You don’t get to claim ownership if your ass isn’t… claiming ownership.”

But one thing I’d observed, and absorbed, in the way he treated Chloe – he never let another woman believe she might have a chance at Chloe’s spot. He never made Chloe believe another woman had a chance at her spot.

I missed two terms of a Black president, only to come out to a fucking orange one.”

Wil has been a great friend, supportive, a good listener, a motivator, a muse… all of that. Without her being who she is, I don’t know that I’d be able to be that person for her, so… that’s all her.”

“This is the kind of thing – you – are the kind of man that makes it make sense that women even like men at all,” she laughed. “Many of your brethren are wild garbage, but you, my brother… You’re alright.”

Do you really look at your life and only see the things that aren’t as you planned, instead of the things that are as you wanted? You wanted your own show – you have it. You wanted a man that really loved you – you have it. You wanted a baby – you’re going to have it. You are blessed, my dear. Focus on that.”

A man can say anything, but his actions tell the real story.”