Melissa

“He yanks me closer. “You’re distracting. You’re going to ruin me.”
Those words reverberate in my heart. I’ve already been ruined. Surely I can’t ruin a man like him, and he can’t damage a damaged woman like me. “I don’t think that’s possible,” I whisper.”
― Lauren Blakely, Part-Time Lover

“Giving it, rather than giving away my heart.

“We’re doing this.”
He smiles widely. “Yeah? We’re a couple of crazies, aren’t we?”
“Are we?”
Laughing, he pulls me close. “It’s crazy.”
“But brilliant.”
“It’s bloody brilliant. You know what else will be brilliant?”
“What?”
“Finally getting you naked and under me tonight.”
“You’re assuming I’ll put out since it’s our wedding night, are you?”
“Hope springs eternal. So does my cock when I look at you.”
― Lauren Blakely, Part-Time Lover

“I have all the power.
And I need it terribly.
I need the power play. I need to make all the choices, to enter this deal with my eyes wide open.
Neither one of us believes in marriage, but we both believe in honesty, and in honest pleasure. Giving it, rather than giving away my heart.”
― Lauren Blakely, Part-Time Lover

“I have to keep a close watch on our arrangement, making sure I can help her feel safe while I also help her lose herself. Because that’s what I see in her – I see a woman who wants so much, who craves to deeply, but who’s terrified of what that hunger might do.”
― Lauren Blakely, Part-Time Lover