Eruption (The Hunted, #3)

by Ivy Smoak

He grabbed my lower back and rotated us so that my back was against the wooden floor and he was on top of me. "You're my life, my heart, my soul, my everything."

"You must have had fantasies of bringing girls up here, James." I reached out for the button of his dress pants. "I never thought I'd be this lucky."

you should have talked to me about it. Your intentions are always good, but I want my opinion to count."

"He's never going to love me like he loved you," she sobbed into my shoulder. "That isn't true." "Of course it is. He was obsessed with you for years. He's just settling for me. I don't want to be someone's second choice."

"No one's ever loved me like you love me. This is what planning a wedding is supposed to be like. I liked looking at venues, picking flowers, being excluded from helping you pick out a dress..."

"I've had fun doing all of it. This is going to be our wedding. And I'm so excited to marry you. I thought I didn't want this back then, but I want it now. I want to see you walk down the aisle toward me. I want our friends and family to clap when we have our first kiss. And I want to have a first dance. I want all of it with you."

"Yeah, it's a total bucket list thing for guys," Marie said. "To have sex with a girl who's destined to be married. It's the ultimate one night stand." "The unicorn of one night stands,"

"I would never cheat on you. You mean the world to me. All I need is you."

"Penny, he loved her once, but not as much as he loves you now. Tonight was the only time I've ever seen him more upset than the day Rachel called things off. I know he probably said some stuff he didn't mean, but he needs you, Penny. I don't want to see him hit rock bottom again. You fixed him."

"So, he's addicted to me. I can't..." "No, Penny. He's devoted to you. There is a huge difference."

"Look, if I didn't think what you had was real, you'd already be naked in my bed."

Temptation led to addiction, which exploded into an eruption of chaos. And when the pieces settled, only one thing became clear...devotion. One great love. A love worth fighting for. Because the only thing that lasts forever is love.