Eruption (The Hunted, #3)

by Ivy Smoak

"Penny, it goes both ways. What's mine is yours. And what's yours is mine."

Even though I had ended up asking him to be rough with me, I still felt cherished. He had still made love to me. James always made me know how much he loved me.

Just be yourself. I fell in love with you. If they don't like you, it's their loss, not the other way around."

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're everything to me too. Everything, James. I'll never get enough of you." He lightly kissed the bruise under my eye. "I hope not."

I have a past. I can't change what's happened, but I will never, ever put someone before you. I can promise you that."

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

"The pros outweighed the cons on that one. I could have controlled myself. I just chose not to."

Every night, James fell asleep with his arms around me. He was my new safety net. I drifted to sleep knowing that I was his equivalent.

"I wasn't really in a good place when we met, Penny." "I know, I just meant..." "You saved me."

"Suddenly the only thing I wanted in life was to see you smile." He reached out and took my hand. "So yeah, I thought we'd eventually be here. This is everything I've always wanted. We certainly had our ups and downs getting here, though." He smiled at me.

"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."

"I'll never stop loving you. You are the only thing I'm ever sure about. It's you and me. It'll always be you and me."

"You know it's different. You're actually good for him. Perfect, really. The two of you together just makes sense. He's good now. He's happy. You did that."

"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."