Liars Like Us (Morally Gray, #1)

by J.T. Geissinger

“That rock is your engagement ring, darling. Care for a bite of foie gras?”

“You’re something much better than beautiful. And when we’re married, I’ll tell you what it is.”

In a hot, dark voice, he says, “Because my wife asked me to. And I’ll give her anything she wants.”

“I promise to take care of you in every way for the rest of both our lives. Now give me fucking permission to touch you before I die of need, you stubborn fucking woman.”

“You are beautiful, Emery, but that’s the least interesting thing about you. What I meant then is that you’re the only thing that’s ever made me feel alive. I was dead before I met you, but I looked into your eyes, and you brought me back to life. What you are is my reason for being. My center of gravity. The fixed point around which everything else turns. You feel like sunlight to me. You feel like a sky full of stars. I loved you before I even knew your name, when you were wearing cat ears and spitting fire at me. You ripped my heart out of my chest the first time we met, and you’ve been carrying it around with you ever since, bloody and beating in your hands. If you truly want me to leave you alone, I’ll do it. But be prepared to have a ghost for the rest of your life, because I’ll never stop

haunting you. Which is only fair, considering you’ll always haunt me.”

Not all happily-ever-afters are for white knights, darling. Sometimes the villain gets the girl. And isn’t that a much more interesting ending to the story? With all my black heart, Your monster

“Because you’re everything good and true, and I trust you. With my heart, with my life, with everything I am, I trust you, Emery. And I’ve never loved anyone more.”

“Don’t blame them. They felt obligated.” “Why?” “Because I set up a college trust fund for Mia and bought a condo for Ryan’s father.”