Bound to Fall Quotes

“The day went on in much the same way as the others, though he was keener to look for signs she might be trying to seduce him, for nefarious reasons, of course. Each day grew warmer, so he could not decide whether the way she lifted her hair off the back of her neck was meant to be as sensual as he found it. And they were doing manual labor, but he was especially confused when she bent over or reached upward and exposed more leg than he ought to see, because Celeste might not have been showing him, she naturally just had long legs. Very long legs. Legs that would take an awfully long time running his hands up before reaching—by all the gods of light, what was wrong with him?
He came to the conclusion that he could not really come to a conclusion, both because it was confusing and because his brain was clearly not working at full capacity when his manhood demanded so much attention”
― A.K. Caggiano, Bound to Fall

“Guilt overcame him so quickly that Reeve dropped his free hand onto her wrist. “You needn’t worry. This is only a shallow wound.”

She froze under his touch, her tenderly working fingers going still as she peered up at him with big, unblinking eyes, silver in the dim light of the bath chamber. “You don’t want me to…”

He did. He wanted her to so fiercely, despite not even knowing what it was, that he didn’t have the words to tell her.”
― A.K. Caggiano, Bound to Fall

“Both blew out long breaths they were quite aware they’d been holding,”
― A.K. Caggiano, Bound to Fall