Kill Switch (Devil's Night, #3)

by Penelope Douglas

“You teach your daughter to hide in everyone else’s world,” I shot back, “and I’ll teach mine everyone else exists in hers.

He always made Rika solve her own problems, because he didn’t see her as a possession but rather an extension of himself. He didn’t want a puppy. He wanted a partner. But there comes a point when you have to defend your house and take charge. And not just in the bedroom. Which was all she needed him for.

I want to eat my goddamn heart, because it wouldn’t hurt as much as what you did to it this morning.

“My woman doesn’t ask permission. She’s a force.