Strikeout Quotes

“Watch your mouth when speaking about my woman.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“Strike three, tesoro.” Then his lips crash onto mine, devouring me.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“My last name looks good on you.” And if things go according to plan, I just might make her keep it.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“No. I want to drop to my damn knees. I want to keep you in that special place that you’ve so delicately carved into my heart. I want to be so pathetic around you and hope that you somehow mistake it for romanticism. Because no, Isabella. I don’t want to date. I want you, wholly. Forever mine. Forever ours.” I don’t waste another moment as my lips threaten to devour her. Letting her body know what my words attempt to convey. “So, is this the part where you ask me to be your girlfriend or something?” She smirks as she pushes on my chest, her brows raised expectantly. I smirk. “No, this is the part where I beg.” So much for that sex ban. thirty-six I’m on cloud nine.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“Strike three, and you’re mine, Isabella.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“Isa, someway, somehow, you will come to learn that there isn’t a place on earth where you wouldn’t be able to reach me. Sky and sea included. Talk to you soon, tesoro.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“Her arms go around my neck as my face nuzzles into hers. There. I can breathe again.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“Did you think being mine had an expiration date, tesoro? I might not be a fan of the term boyfriend, but husband? That one I can get behind. Especially if it means I get to call you my wife.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“Isabella’s currently in bed with my biggest competition… her Kindle.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“Because no, Isabella. I don’t want to date. I want you, wholly. Forever mine. Forever ours.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“Give me all of your heart in return, and I promise to protect it with all that I have.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“I don’t give her a minute to catch her breath. Why should I? I haven’t since the moment I laid eyes on her all those months ago.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“Tesoro, it’s what you are to me.” I suck in a stunned breath. Tesoro means treasure in Spanish. But it’s also a term of endearment. One usually reserved for lovers.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“from the woman I know I’m falling for? Yeah… If I wasn’t before, I’m pretty sure I’m a goner now.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“Okay, please don’t take this the wrong way…” “You have a knack for knowing how to start sentences, Isabella.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“His smug smirk makes me want to march closer and slap it off his face. And by slap, I mean kiss really, really hard.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“That is”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“I think of the moments when I walked in after a long day of work to find Anna and Isabella curled up on the couch together, or in the kitchen making an absolute mess. For the first time in a long time, it feels like I’m walking into a real home. One full of love and warmth. Full of things I never deluded myself into believing I could have with my kind of lifestyle in the public eye. But Isabella made it easy. She made it easy to come home, because now, along with Anna, she is my home.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“him. I would never do anything to hurt you, Isa. And this public world I live in plays by rules. I have power and say in things. I can make deals to make sure you’re protected, offer up more personal interviews in return for keeping any type of negative press in regard to you from being printed. It’s power I’ve never cared for before, but I will use it to protect you.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“me?” I shake my head and laugh humorlessly. “No. I want to drop to my damn knees. I want to keep you in that special place that you’ve so delicately carved into my heart. I want to be so pathetic around you and hope that you somehow mistake it for romanticism. Because no, Isabella. I don’t want to date. I want you, wholly. Forever mine. Forever ours.” I don’t waste another moment as my lips threaten to devour her. Letting her body know what my words attempt to convey. “So, is this the part where you”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“Te quiero, Puerto Rico,”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“There’s never a way to fully understand what someone is going through when you’ve never been through it yourself. But you can listen. You can give people the time of day, make them feel seen and heard. And with a little magic, maybe even make them smile, laugh. Forget about their circumstances for a moment and focus on the joy instead.” She”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“She looks up at Isabella with glassy eyes. “Does that mean I get to have a place in your heart, too?” That question and her pleading tone almost do me in. Isabella’s eyes instantly well with tears, and I’m right behind her at this rate. She grabs Anna’s hands and squeezes them gently. “Oh, Anna, you’ve had a place in my heart for a very, very long time. And the space you take up just keeps getting bigger and bigger, my love.” Anna dives into Isabella’s arms, and before we know it, we’re all in a tearful cuddle puddle. “You have a place in my heart too, Isa,” Anna hiccups. Tears fall freely down Isabella’s cheeks as her eyes glow with love. Fucking hell… love.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“You took my call from the plane? That’s currently still flying in the sky?” I ask, shocked. “Isa, someway, somehow, you will come to learn that there isn’t a place on earth where you wouldn’t be able to reach me. Sky and sea included. Talk to you soon, tesoro.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“don’t know how I went from curtsying in front of my boss to feeling like I’ve joined a girl gang. But I do know that I feel safe, cared for, and thoroughly entertained. God bless women.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“Which is why romance books are my haven. A place where I can be a spectator, because the romance genre isn’t just about two people falling in love. It’s a safe space to learn about how people of diverse backgrounds go through transformations that happen to align with meeting the loves of their lives. Something I never plan to let happen to me, because while I can’t rewrite the pages of my past, I can absolutely keep the reins to my heart tighter than the heroine in the cowboy romance I binged last night.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“I am not the culmination of circumstances that surround me.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“But I’ve learned from that young girl who once felt helpless, and I am no longer in the place I once was, even if the gossip blogs tempt to pull me back in. I’m here to say that we are all allowed the space to grow and evolve. To not be ashamed of our past or our journey to find a place of healing. Because we are more than our circumstances, more than the titles bestowed upon us. We are worthy, we are loved, and we are strong women who don’t cower to man children who have no power over us. And maybe some of us have a Monarch with a mean right hook in our corner that you shouldn’t mess with.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“But I can’t deny that there’s something to be said about a child’s unfiltered joy entering your life.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout

“Which is why romance books are my haven. A place where I can be a spectator, because the romance genre isn’t just about two people falling in love. It’s a safe space to learn about how people of diverse backgrounds go through transformations that happen to align with meeting the loves of their lives. Something I never plan to let happen to me, because while I can’t rewrite the pages of my past, I can absolutely keep the reins to my heart tighter than the heroine in the cowboy romance I binged last night. Because I, under no circumstances, will ever fall for a man’s false promises again. Mark my words.”
― Millie Perez, Strikeout