Balance Quotes

“I wanted to be the one who eased the pain for him, to give him what he wanted. The sad reality of the story was I would never be that girl. And he would never be that man.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“He was sin, a man wild with lust, and I loved that I was the reason for it.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“We will both be our ruin if we do not stop while we are ahead.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“I watched his control waver, and secretly for a selfish moment, I hoped it snapped.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“I was sixteen.
He was thirty-two.
There were many laws we would break if we took another step.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“Deep down, I think I was trying to find ways to justify his actions.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“We were a revolving door of temptation and persuasion.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“His fingers sat low on my waist, and if I moved my hips just an inch more they would hit the throbbing spot begging for release.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“Adrianna." His tone disagreed with himself and his body contradicted his words.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“I looked at Konstantin and realized two things: I was about to get my ass handed to me and he didn't use many contractions.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“You are so beautiful it hurts. You hold yourself together even during the toughest times. You are a force to be reckoned with, something no one will see coming”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“You are gorgeous when you come for me.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“I fucking hate you." "You may hate me, but your pussy doesn't.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“This was way more than just sex between us and he knew it. It was a chemical reaction that couldn't be stopped.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“This was how we worked—the more I fought back and aggravated him, the more he got off on it. The push and pull. It was our foreplay, the tension and indiscretion that brewed between us.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“Not even a priest could have stopped you, or would want to at that, and you know it. You are not as innocent as you come across.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“You are so beautiful it hurts. You hold yourself together even during the toughest times. You are a force to be reckoned with, something no one will see coming.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“All relationships begin with attraction that leads to some form of lust. It is a natural reaction that comes from the body.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“I may only be seventeen, but I could read his internal battle knowing what he should do as my coach, as opposed to what he longed to do to me as a man.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“Being in the grips of a man compared to a teenage boy is something altogether different. It was an awakening.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“my heart was his in that moment. He consumed me, heart and soul.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“Your pussy was made for me, Adrianna." The way he said my name, with so much passion, almost made me orgasm on the spot. "I am going to own it so you never forget what I feel like inside of you, after tonight, you will never forget me," he whispered harshly, grabbing my face and kissing me.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“Kova did this to me. He made my body want him in ways I never thought possible.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“Your tenacity in the gym, the persistence to not give up no matter how much I wear you down, you are strong, Adrianna. You are a fighter, and that turns me on.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“In that moment, I truly felt the weight of our actions. Looking at him physically hurt me. Any normal person would've ran in the other direction, morally disgusted by his behavior. Probably even tell someone of authority. But I didn’t, and I wouldn't. Especially since I didn't think it was disgusting. After all, my dad was twenty-three years older than my mom. Age was just a number to me.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“You are supposed to tell me to stop." "I can't help it. You make me want something more. Something I only feel when I'm around you.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“I was seventeen. He was thirty-two.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“I swallowed back the empathy I was suddenly feeling. His eyes softened, shame filling them. "You have worked too hard to just throw it away, and so have I. Keep your hands to yourself and I will do the same." Then he turned and walked away, gutting me.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“I am a man, you are a… teenager,”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

“I feel like we should talk." Stepping toward me, his eyes quickly scanned the gym. "There is nothing to talk about. It was a giant lapse in judgment. It should have never fucking happened," he sneered. "And now I have to live with the fact I took advantage of a minor, my gymnast no less. I am sick over it, I cannot sleep." I reared back, feeling only a small dose of pity. "You didn't take advantage of me." "It is even worse you think that way," he gritted out under his breath. "You should have been revolted with what I said and did." "I'm not, I wasn't. I liked it, everything, and I didn't want it to stop. You felt better than when—”
― Lucia Franco, Balance