Partners in Crime Quotes

“She might’ve been ready for a fight—but I sure as hell wasn’t letting her take that hit.
He wasn’t touching her.
Not while I was there. Not while I was still breathing.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“I couldn’t lose him. Not like this. Not after everything. Not when I finally let my guard down. Not when he made me feel again. Not when he made me want more.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“Boone nodded back at her greeting. As I watched her walk out, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I’d just met someone who was about to turn everything upside down.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“Sleeping was out of the question.
Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her—Lya, disappearing into the wilderness. Lya, bruised. Lya, lost.
The thought gnawed at me, a sharp, relentless ache under my ribs.
I lay on the bed, eyes fixed on the first rays of sunlight creeping through the curtains, casting faint lines across the hotel carpet. The world was too quiet. Like it was holding its breath after the storm.
I dragged a hand down my face, trying to rub away the exhaustion. A sharp breath hissed through my nose. Pain throbbed on my side—a reminder of a neglected wound.
If anyone could find her, it was me. And I wasn’t wasting another damn second. I sat up, already reaching for my phone. No messages. No updates.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“I’ve always been good at reading people—it comes with the badge. But, Lya? She was a whole other story. Strong, sharp, and so carefully guarded, it made you forget she might want someone to see past it all. I did. God, I did. But someone like her doesn’t just let people in. You have to earn it. One quiet night at a time.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“It always surprised me how quickly I could put the mask back on.
How effortlessly I could convince the world I was fine, even when I was running on empty.
No one knew how heavy that mask was.
I smiled at myself. A quiet, knowing smile.
I’d made it this far. I could keep going. I would.
As I stepped out and onto my bike, no one would’ve guessed I’d spent the early hours of the morning haunted by things I would never speak of.
This was my secret.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“But tonight…
God, tonight, I wanted someone to cry to. Someone who could hold the weight with me.
And then, like a knife through the warmth of that thought, came the reminder: I chose this life.
I couldn’t afford to love.
Couldn’t afford to be loved. Couldn’t risk needing someone who could leave, who could die. Who could break me in a way I’d never come back from.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“The space where she should be—where she always was—felt wrong without her. It was more than just missing her presence; it was like something was out of place, and it was irritating me. I liked having her near. I liked seeing her there, even if I wouldn’t admit it.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“She was a force of nature when awake—charming, quick, intuitive—sometimes a child, and often infuriatingly stubborn in the most maddening way.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“I’m okay,” I whispered to the empty space around me.
I always said that. Even when I wasn’t. Even when I was breaking. I had always put others first, even while my own world was crumbling. I’d rather have taken the hurt than see someone I loved in pain.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“I leaned in, eyes lingering on him for a moment as he talked. I couldn’t remember the last time someone had made this much effort to bring a smile to my face. And even though I wasn’t ready to admit it, part of me longed for more of this. For someone to care, to be there when it felt like no one else was.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“I had to keep myself in check. My walls were up, but not because I was mad at her. I was mad at myself—for almost letting my feelings slip, for getting her into this situation, for wanting her so badly when I knew I shouldn’t.
This wasn’t good.
I couldn’t let this happen.
Not now. Not ever.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“This was my breaking point. The point where I knew I would never be the same again. The ‘no turning point’. That was me reaching my maximum of pretend.
Pretending that everything was fine… until it wasn’t”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“And now him, blocking me away again, after he promised.
Shutting me out after I broke myself open, after I let him in behind my walls.
He betrayed my trust.
I felt broken. Used. Naked.
My breath came in ragged gasps. The anger, the heartbreak, the exhaustion—I couldn’t separate them anymore.
I was alone. Always alone.
Weak.
The monster inside me was fighting to lash out. I’ve been holding him in for so long. I needed to let it all out before it ate me from the inside.
The scream was building in my bones. In my throat. In my fucking soul.
I clenched my fists until my nails bit into my palms. I bit down on a sob. My breath hitched. My body was too full of it.
Too full of pain.
Of silenced screams.
Of unshed tears.
Of being left behind.
Then I snapped.
I screamed. A raw, primal scream—so loud it hurt. So loud it split the sky open. And it still wasn’t enough.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“I deserved to bleed. I deserved to break. But not her. Never her.
She trusted me, and I destroyed her. Just like I destroy everything I touch.
Everything I ever loved.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“Her voice echoed in my head. Broken.
Why do you hate me so much?
I shut my eyes, swallowing down the sting of her words.
If only you knew.
“I don’t hate you, Lya. You have no idea how much I love you. How much you mean to me. You can never feel the pain in my heart every time I look at you, and I know I can’t have you, touch you—kiss you. It’s killing me. I think… all I was trying was to push myself, but I ended up pushing you. I’m sorry. I wish I had never met you.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“She stared into my eyes. Her eyes were different. They lost that spark of life that used to glow in her eyes. Something else behind her jade eyes was staring back at me. Something darker.
Like a candle after the wind has stolen its flame—still there, but hollow.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“I hated that she ever chose silence over me.
Please look at me. I wanted to say. Just look at me. Let me see if there’s still something left—if you haven’t shut me out completely.
Now I know how brutal it was to be shut out. I was drinking my own poison.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“Lya was my sweet poison. My forbidden fruit. Addictive. Impossible to resist. And if I ever let myself have her…she’d be the death of me.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“His heart raced beneath my ears, then he exhaled slowly. “You mattered the most, Lya.” He finally said, with a soft voice but firm. A teardrop fell from the corner of my eye. He reached for it and softly brushed it off with his thumb.
That soft brush sent a shiver down my spine. His eyes—God, those amber eyes—held so many secrets. And maybe he knew I could see too much, because he looked away just as fast.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“Every nerve in my body still buzzed from the second she realized it—when heat flushed through her, wild and scorching against me. I had to get out fast, save her from more embarrassment. The ghost of her skin against mine was still etched into me, and I felt I was going to lose my goddamn mind.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“My vow.
My silent, unbreakable promise.
And when I made a promise like this…
I’d die before I broke it.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“And the weight of the woman I loved in my arms.
Even if I never said it. Even if she never knew.
I’d still carry her every damn mile.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“Stealing that kiss… it burned with guilt the moment it ended. She didn’t deserve that. Didn’t deserve to be betrayed, used like that.
That kiss would haunt me longer than any scar I would carry.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts

“She would never forget what I’d done, even when she said she had forgiven me. I never expected forgiveness. Never thought I deserved it. And yet, she handed it to me so easily, so freely—it unsettled me, made my chest tighten in a way I didn’t know how to handle.”
― Shaima M, Partners in Crime: The Unsolved Hearts