Bossman Quotes

“Don’t focus on the what ifs. Focus on what is.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“Fear does not stop death. It stops life.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“You have my heart. Promise me you'll keep it safe.'
'Only if you promise never to give mine back.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it wanders.   -Unknown”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“It says Fear does not stop death. It stops life.” I”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“If you don’t change direction, you may end up where you’re heading.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“Being afraid is when you let fear control your life, let it stop you from doing what you want. When you’re afraid, but you look your fear in the eye and live, that’s courageous.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“Sometimes you don’t know what you’re missing until you find it.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it wanders.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“I launched myself at him, throwing my arms around his neck. “I quit.”
He wrapped his arm around my waist, and with one quick hitch, he lifted me up. “It’s about damn time.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“You’re fired,” he groaned as he buried his face in my hair. “So fucking fired.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“I think it took me this long to realize what moving on meant. It doesn’t mean forgetting what you’ve left behind. It means making her a memory and deciding to have a future without her in it.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“If our kisses were each a story, this was the one where the hero got the girl, and they rode off into the sunset.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“We’ve both been fighting it for different reasons. But you’ve been mine since I saw you.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“Sweetheart, I know you. You didn’t put up that wall to keep him out. You put it up to watch him break it down to get to you.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“I figured I’d lay all my cards on the table. You’re not having sex. I’m not having sex. Thought maybe we could work through our problem together.”
“I don’t have a problem.”
“So why aren’t you having sex, then?”
“Why aren’t you?”
“Because I’d like to have it with you, and you haven’t given in to me. Yet” He brought the beer to his lips and watched me as he drank.
“I can’t believe we’re having this conversation. You know I’m seeing someone.”
“I do. That’s why we’re having this conversation. If you weren’t seeing someone, I’d have you up on that kitchen island showing you what I want to do to you, rather than telling you.”
“Is that so?”
He moved closer. “It is.”
“What if I’m not into you in that way?”
Chase looked down, his eyes lingering on my nipples. My very erect nipples. “Your body says otherwise.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“Hope. It’s an amazing thing. It grows inside of you like a vine and wraps around your heart, making it warm. Until someone stomps on it.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“Don’t ask me to explain it, but when I’m around you, I’m happy. That’s all I’m after.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“He stared into my eyes like he could see inside me. It made me feel exposed, yet beautifully accepted.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“You want the truth? … I’m attracted to you. Really attracted to you. Have been since the first time I saw you. Tried to be respectful, considering you were seeing someone. Done doing that. If you work here, I’m going to try to get you into my bed.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“Until… Chase stood. The restaurant, which had been a loud rumble, suddenly quieted. Everything after that happened in slow motion. All of our family and friends faded away as the man I love got down on one knee. I heard and saw nothing but him. “I had this whole thing to say planned out in my head, but the minute I saw your face, I completely forgot every word. So I’m just going to wing it here. Reese Elizabeth Annesley, since the first time I laid eyes on you on that bus in middle school, I’ve been crazy about you.” I smiled and shook my head. “You got the crazy part right.” Chase took my hand, and it was then I noticed his was shaking. My cocky, always-confident bossman was nervous. If it was possible, I fell a little more in love with him in that moment. I squeezed his hand, offering reassurance, and he steadied. That’s what we did for each other. I was the balance to his unsteadiness. He was the courage to my fear. He continued. “Maybe it wasn’t a school bus or middle school, but I fell hard for you in the hall, that much I’m sure of. From the moment I saw your beautiful face light up that dark hallway a year ago, I was done. I didn’t even care that we were both on dates with other people, I just needed to be closer to you any way I could. Since then, you’ve distracted me every day whether you’re near me or not. You brought me back to life, and there’s nothing I want to do more than build that life with you. I want to be the man to look under your bed every night and wake up next to you in it every morning. You’ve changed me. When I’m with you, I’m myself, only a better version, because you make me want to be a better man. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, and I want it to start yesterday. So, please tell me you’ll be my wife because I’ve already been waiting for you my entire life, and I don’t want to wait any more.” I pressed my forehead to his as tears streamed down my face. “You know I’m going to be even crazier once we live together, and probably even worse when we have our own family. Three locks might turn to seven, and doing my check in that big house of yours is going to take a long time. It might get old and tiring. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to change any of that.” Chase reached behind me and bunched my hair into his hand, cupping it along with the nape of my neck. “I don’t want you to change. Not any of it. I love everything about you. There’s not a single thing I’d change if I could. Well, except your last name.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“I was the balance to his unsteadiness. He was the courage to my fear.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“I want more with you. I can’t promise you what that is or where it will go, but it’s more than just physical. I’m attracted to everything about you – you’re smart, honest, funny, brave, a little nutty – and you make me smile for no reason. There’s no denying I want you in my bed. I think you’ve caught on to that part by now. But I want this, too. I’m tired of looking back. It’s been a long time since I’ve wanted to live in the moment.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“It’s the woman who decides when it’s time to have sex in a relationship. It’s our influence that controls whether the act happens or not. Even in a true dominant-submissive relationship, when a woman is submissive to her male partner, she still holds the power even as she’s being paddled. She has a safe word, and that gives her all the control. She has the power and influence even from the physically submissive position.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“That’s not being afraid. Being afraid is when you let fear control your life, let it stop you from doing what you want. When you’re afraid, but you look your fear in the eye and live, that’s courageous.” And”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“I want to spend the rest of my life with you, and I want it to start yesterday.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“Chase punched a code into the keypad above the elevator call button, and the doors to the service elevator slid open. “The code is 6969.”
“How will I ever remember that?” I teased.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“I keep pushing, hoping you’ll break. And tonight I realized you need to get there on your own. I’ll be waiting when you do.” He pulled me to him and planted a kiss on my forehead.
“Now go inside before I change my mind and you’re up against the door instead of behind it safely.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“Watching him go through my routine was comical. He must have thought holding the kitty was part of it. I didn’t bother to tell him because… well, because oddly, I really liked watching the oversized man walk around and check my closets for prospective intruders while holding a hairless cat. It certainly wasn’t a sight you see every day.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman

“when I’m around you, I’m happy. That’s all I’m after.”
― Vi Keeland, Bossman