Center Ice Quotes

“I hate feeling insecure and needy, and I look forward to the day that I’m so sure of his feelings that I don’t need reassurances.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“Because men leave. Even when they tell you they love you, sometimes they still leave.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“Audrey, you already shone plenty bright on your own. It’s why I was attracted to you in the first place, because the love and beauty just radiate out of you. But if I make you feel like you don’t have to hide that anymore, then that’s perfect.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“I think…maybe that’s what I thought, until you came back into my life. With you, I feel like I shine on my own.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“But I’m happy to keep reassuring you as often as you need.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“Her future husband. So do me a favor and lose her fucking number.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“I’m not just going to marry you someday, Audrey. I’m going to marry you someday soon.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“I’m always going to be here for you. Not just because I think you’re unbelievably beautiful and because you’re the mother of my child and because I always want to get you naked. I’m here for you because I want to be part of your whole life. Because you’re the kindest, smartest woman I know. Because you make me want to be the kind of guy who deserves someone like you.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“I appreciate the thought, but the only name I wear on my back is my own.” He leans in so close his lips graze my earlobe and the sparks of desire shoot straight through me. “Don’t worry, baby, one day my last name will be yours.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“All I know is that I want her in my life, and I want to be part of hers.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“If you ever speak about the mother of my child and my future wife that way again, you and I are done. For good. Understand?”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“Because Audrey is everything I didn’t know I wanted, and I’m not sure I can live without her now she’s back in my life.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“I’m pretty sure there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“but for Audrey, I feel like I’d risk anything. Maybe even everything.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“I’ll get on my knees for you whenever and wherever you want.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“Oh princess, this is going to be so much more than sufficient.” “We’ll see.” I wink so he knows I’m teasing, but it’s possible he misses the gesture as he tears his Rebels hoodie and t-shirt over his head in one movement. His body is a chiseled work of perfection, and I try not to be self-conscious about my own body as I look at his.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“Who knows, we might be the right people for each other, but it is most definitely the wrong time.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“You know what I hear really helps with period cramps?” he says. “If you say sex, I’m going to punch you in the face.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“There, I grab some ibuprofen, some stick-on heating pads, and three pints of ice cream in a variety of flavors. And when the car drops me off at her doorstep, I practically run up the steps of her brownstone because I’m so damn eager to see her.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“It hits me then: there’s nothing I could be out doing that I wouldn’t drop for her. But I can’t tell her that without her thinking I’m crazy. Hell, I think I’m crazy. She’s the mother of my child, and unless I want to screw things up with Graham,”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“that. But the reason I didn’t call you back was because I was a mess. I’d moved to a new country, was living away from my family the first time, and had just found out my mom had Parkinson’s. I was just trying to survive.” She turns around and sets the coffee mug in the sink, then with her back to me, she says, “You sure it’s not because us sleeping together was supposed to be a one-time thing, and you thought I was being needy and not respecting those boundaries?”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“I’d have been there for you and Graham. And it kills me that it’s my own fault that I didn’t know. That you had to do this all yourself, and that I missed it all.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“I’m so torn about how I’m feeling—I’m nervous, but also upset with myself about that because why does he make me feel this way after all these years?”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“he might want. “You knew this was a possibility when you heard about the trade,” Jules reminds me. She’s the only person on the planet who knows Drew is Graham’s father. I couldn’t tell Jameson—he was too much of a hot-head back then, too protective of his baby sisters, who he’d practically raised. The first thing he’d said to me when I’d told him I was pregnant but didn’t think the guy would be interested in being involved was, “I’m going to kill him.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“Getting a girl pregnant in college is bad enough, but my agent’s little sister? How did I not know they were related? How did I not know she was pregnant? Fuck… I’ve not even been back in Boston for a full day, and I’ve already seriously screwed up. Or I guess I screwed up years ago, but I just didn’t know it.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“Make sure you answer your phone.” A scoff bursts out of her so quickly it seems to surprise us both. “Oh, like you did all those times I called you when you moved to Vancouver?”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“I’m five and I’m in kindergarten.” Heart stuttering, I glance up at Audrey, and I’m sure there’s confusion written across my face. Even I don’t need a tutor to do this kind of math.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“You are my sun, Audrey. You’re the center of my whole universe, the star that Graham and I are lucky enough to orbit around. And you always will be.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“Pretty sure I’ve made it clear that you’re my future wife. But sure, you can call yourself my girlfriend if you need to put a label on this.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice

“I hope you remember that request, because I’m about to disrespect the fuck out of you. Open that mouth, beautiful.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice