A Smooth Operator Quotes

“a man is not a plan,”
― Maya Alden, A Smooth Operator

“He made love to me like I was the last pussy on earth.”
― Maya Alden, A Smooth Operator

“A part of me wondered if it was a good idea to even be in a relationship with Remi with all this drama.”
― Maya Alden, A Smooth Operator

“I've forgiven him," I admitted. "No one would have done what he has to get me back if he wasn't sincere. I trust him. I never thought I would.”
― Maya Alden, A Smooth Operator

“I hated seeing him sad. I shifted to lay on top of him, my knees cradling his hips. I kissed his mouth. "Don't be sad.”
― Maya Alden, A Smooth Operator

“I raised my head and saw that his eyes were bright with tears. "Remi.”
― Maya Alden, A Smooth Operator

“She shrugged. "It was always obvious he had a thing for you. Why do you think Marina was always trying to scratch your eyes out?”
― Maya Alden, A Smooth Operator

“I fell in love with her, Dad." Yeah, that was the sad truth I'd learned by drinking every night for a week. I fell in love with Echo because if I hadn't, it wouldn't hurt like it did. My soul wouldn't feel crushed. I wouldn't miss her with every breath. I was so busy counting the ways in which she was wrong for me that I missed the most important way she was right for me—she loved me for who I was, not the Drake façade. "Do you even know what that word means?" Dad challenged me. I couldn't feel any smaller. My own father didn't think I was capable of an emotion as clean as love.”
― Maya Alden, A Smooth Operator

“I wasn't a snob,”
― Maya Alden, A Smooth Operator

“Wow! He was really not going to treat me with any respect, was he?”
― Maya Alden, A Smooth Operator

“I didn't want to disparage Marina.”
― Maya Alden, A Smooth Operator

“Yeah, so she was a bit of a geek, but for some reason, that appealed to me. She didn't just spout bullshit. She was a well-rounded person who made informed statements. After all the mindless blathering I heard from everyone around me, speaking to someone who was honest and also smart was a huge turn-on. What the fuck? Was Echo Devlin turning me on? Since when the fuck did hell freeze over?”
― Maya Alden, A Smooth Operator