Rule Breaker (Mixed Messages, #1)

by Lily Morton

“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.” Joan Crawford

“What made you relax so suddenly around my dad? It usually takes a while. Some of my uni mates were scared shitless of him.” He smiles almost nervously. “He has your smile.”

“Sometimes we think that a certain path in life is the way we have to go. We see other routes, but we avoid them because we’re so insistent they’re not for us, that we might get lost or hurt. Then sometimes fate sets in, and someone takes your hand or waves you over. You step off your chosen path, and find that although this one is new and scary, somehow your feet know the way to navigate it. You might even find that it leads you the way that you were always meant to go.”

“I’m fully prepared to be a sex object. Please use me as you see fit, Master.” He groans. “Two years of full-time employment, and now you give me my rightful title.”