Dirty Secrets Quotes

“We spend all our lives growing up with this image of what life is supposed to be. We draw it in our minds from tv shows, books, our parents, just the whole world around us. But the reality isn’t always like that. We don’t get to order it up like a burger made our way. So what about just saying fuck it and taking life as it comes to us?”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“that whether you’ve known it or not, you are mine, marked eternally as such. Because you’ve marked me.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“Tell those voices in your head to shut up. That’s my brother they’re talking about, and I love him. I love you, Teej.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“I meant every word. I love you, Allison. And you are mine. Today, tomorrow, forever.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“His shoulders are rounded, his head hanging, agony pouring off him in waves. “Dom?” I whisper, worried.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“and you are light and beauty, strong and wild. But my heart has chosen you, and whether you want it or not, it’s yours. And your heart is mine. You are mine, Allison. I’m choosing to be transparent with you as we agreed, but know that it’s an unfamiliar territory for me. This is only for you.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“There will be rules, and you need to follow them.” Her eyes flash, and she pulls back, breaking our contact”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“I can feel the tension through TJ, and his grip on the gun tightens ever so slightly, though his finger is off the trigger. He’s still uncertain whether I pose a threat to his sister.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“Because her leaving me is no longer an option. She is mine, body, mind, and soul. I won’t allow any other possibility.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“My mind races to every possible scenario . . . has she been kidnapped because of her importance to me? If someone thinks to use her as a pawn against me, I would readily slash, burn, and destroy everyone and everything involved. I would tear this city to pieces before anything truly damaging could happen to her.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“He pales. “For fuck’s sake, do not mention my name and balls in the same sentence ever, but especially not to him unless you’re a heartless bitch. Which, to be clear, I don’t think you are.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“do prefer roses, but you’re more like a wildflower. A bit untamed and unruly, but beautiful not in spite of the wildness but because of it.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“All of me. I might be an ugly monster that rules with an iron fist, a bastard that runs this town, but for her, I’m but a man whose heart is vulnerable to the one creature that can kill me with barely a thought . . . Allie Bancroft. She lets the moment stretch, torturing me before mercifully placing her hand on my cheek and touching her forehead to mine.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“You weren’t ready then. I wasn’t sure if you would ever be able to deal with me and everything that comes with that. I’m still not sure, but with you no longer at the club, I couldn’t hold myself back any longer. And while tonight might have been hurtful and my actions likely criminal, this feels like a karmic jumpstart, giving us a giant leap forward by exposing more than I ever thought I’d be able to. Every breath I take, I think of you. Every beat of my heart, I want you. Every thought in my mind is of you. And while some would call me a strong man, I could never, ever let you just leave my life without trying to at least come to this point, to look you in the eyes and tell you that whether you’ve known it or not, you are mine, marked eternally as such. Because you’ve marked me.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“Both of those questions have the same answer,” I reply, reaching out and putting my hand on top of hers. “From the moment I saw you in that corner, a blood-splattered angel, I felt it inside me. You are mine. We danced around it even before that, but that instant was the switch when you became the most important thing to me. And since then, I’ve been patient. Fuck, I’ve been so patient.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“You always had freedom to choose your own . . . friends, even if I would not have approved,” I force myself to admit. “I would not have liked it.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“Have you ever heard me yell? At anyone, about anything?” She tilts her head, thinking back. “Actually no, that’s not your style. You’re more Disappointed Dad with hard looks and calculated punishments. It’s when you”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“Dinner. That is the condition. Have dinner with me.” Her breath falters, and though she disguises it quickly, I see the quick flash of confusion in her eyes before she schools her features.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“The words are a rare honesty for me, no game or strategy, no ulterior motive, just truth. I would do anything for this woman, and she barely acknowledges my existence beyond my ownership of the club and a few longing looks, although the longing part may be just me. She is wholly unaware that she owns my heart, whatever there may be left of it.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“She’s pretty in pink, she’s dirty in denim, and she’s naughty in nude.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“I can understand that there are good guys on the wrong side, and sometimes even they have to do awful things for the greater good. It’s a harsh justice, but it is righteous in a dark way.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets