Cursed King Quotes

“He takes my hand and places it on his chest over his pounding heart.
“It hasn’t beat like this in years. I’m not sure it ever has. What you’re doing to me, Bellamy. Cannot be undone.”
― Julie Saman, Cursed King

“What are you worried about with me?”
She licks her lips and tries to look away, but I won’t allow it.
“Do you not know? Do you truly have no clue what this is to me?”
Her eyes search mine in fast, nervous flicks, her vulnerability a palpable force. “What?” she finally asks, the sound barely above a whisper.
“I told you, you’re mine.”
She practically rolls her eyes, and I give her ass a quick smack.
“This isn’t something temporary. This isn’t fun and games for me. I know you believed that, and at first, I didn’t dissuade you, because I wasn’t sure either. But fuck if I’m not crazy about you. More than that.” I suck in a shaky breath, ready to utter words I’ve never said to a woman before. “I love you.” I stare at her as if she’s the only thing in my world. “I love you,” I repeat.”
― Julie Saman, Cursed King

“Nothing in this world will keep me from her. Fucking nothing.”
― Julie Saman, Cursed King

“I’d like very much to stay. I adore your children, and despite the odd circumstances around me being their nanny, I’ve had an incredible first week with them.”
I believe her. And that’s what’s fucking me up.
“I need to hate you.” I confess.
A soft grin. “So I’ve gathered. How is that working out for you?”
“Depends on the moment.”
― Julie Saman, Cursed King

“For me, this is real, and it’s lasting. You’re not some floozy, or however you say it, who seduced a king. You are the woman who found a caged man and set him free. And I will defend that to my dying breath.”
― Julie Saman, Cursed King

“I can’t have you leave. You’re too important to us. To me.”
“That goes for me too. It won’t impact my work with the children. And when this ends, which we both know it will, I’ll manage, and I’ll still make sure it doesn’t impact them.”
He shakes his head as if I’m not getting it. “I’m not saying this because I don’t want you more than I’ve ever wanted another woman. I’m saying tis because I’m do. Because one taste of you won’t be enough. Because I will need you constantly. Because I’m not sure I will ever have the power to top wanting you now that you’re mine.”
― Julie Saman, Cursed King

“It's a good thing you didn't ask me to tell you all the dirty thoughts I have about you. Because not only would I have told you, I would have shown you.”
― Julie Saman, Cursed King

“Everything I am is going to become yours. My mind, my body, my heart. All yours.”
― Julie Saman, Cursed King

“I’m a physical and emotional virgin in love with a strong, domineering older man. I don’t stand a chance of walking away from this whole. He’ll ruin me for eternity.”
― Julie Saman, Cursed King

“Because there is nothing more powerful than being smart. Especially for a woman.”
― Julie Saman, Cursed King: A Contemporary Beauty and the Beast Retelling Romance: Once Upon Ever After, Book 1