Forever Lies Quotes

“I will never hurt you, Alessia. I know you’re scared, and you have every right to be, but I don’t want you to run from me. If you have a problem, you come to me, and we’ll work through it together.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“You’ll learn quickly, Alessia, that I only care about myself … and what’s mine.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“He made me feel desired and precious. He made me feel … everything.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“You are the only one who dictates the parameters of your world. If you say you can’t do something, then you can’t, but if you believe you can, you’ll find a way.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“Hypocrisy is a tricky thing. It parades itself around like rationale and reason, deceiving you into believing your thoughts are sound and just when they are anything but. I had demanded honesty from Alessia but was attempting to pull the wool over my own eyes. I could tell myself all day long one taste of her would be enough, but I knew deep down inside, I had no intention of letting her go. Consequences be damned—she was mine.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“She seemed to possess the unusual combination of backbone with a natural inclination to submit.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“You can’t know how to lead if you never learned how to follow.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“I had never wanted to fuck someone in an elevator more than I had wanted to fuck Alessia.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“I didn’t want to tell him I had a driver. He was decently well-off in the money department, but I didn’t want to look ostentatious.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“Having a driver in the city wasn’t necessary, but it was one of the luxuries I allowed myself to indulge in.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“The other thing you’ll learn about me is I’m a selfish man. The way I see it, giving you a ride is purely self-serving—it means I get to lay eyes on those sexy fucking legs. The only way starting my day would be better is if I was naked between them.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“How did you lose your mother?” I asked quietly. “Drive-by shooting—wrong place at the wrong time. She had just stepped out of the house to run to the market and was gunned down on the sidewalk. I heard the shots and ran outside to find her in a puddle of her own blood. Some street thug with a target on his back had been walking by at the same time—a stray bullet hit her right in the heart.” His voice was so devoid of emotion, it gave me chills. “How old were you?” “Seventeen. Arianna was only fourteen.” His younger sister—she’d still been a young girl. “Did you have to go into foster care?” “Only for a couple months. The second I turned eighteen, I petitioned for custody of her.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“My dad took my brother and sister to a movie one night. On the way back home, they were mugged, and my brother was killed. He was eleven.” It had been almost seventeen years since I’d lost my big brother, but it still hurt to talk about it. “How old were you?” “Seven.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“I told you I’m not like most men. When I see something I want, I go after it, whether that means an unexpected elevator mishap or coincidental meetings on the street. I’m that way in all aspects of my life. If there is a business venture I want to take part in, I ensure it happens. I will never sit by and simply hope good fortune falls into my lap.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“Never in a million years would I have thought sex could be transformative, but that was before Luca. I knew deep in my bones, as I clung to his shoulders, water dripping from our quivering bodies, that my life would never be the same.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“Anyone else fucking touches you, and I will bury them.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“I’m the only one who gets to mark you,” he ground out”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“His actions went a long way to ease my concerns about his domineering tendencies. Knowing I had a say in the relationship and he respected my wishes was just as attractive as his assertive, controlling nature. The only way for it to work was if the two were mutually inclusive. I wasn’t sure a kind, respectful man with no backbone would stir my interest, just as an egotistical control freak would make me crazy. There had to be a delicate balance between the two, and it appeared Luca could walk that fine line.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“I had needed a contact inside Triton, and Alessia had seemed perfect for the job. Then I hit snags, one after the other—the least of which was my growing need for the woman. She was an unholy seductress without the faintest clue of her effect on every heterosexual man who crossed her path. I wanted every ounce of that latent sexuality for myself, feeling the need to pluck the eyes from every other man who dared look at her.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“Sweet baby Jesus, who the fuck was that? And where do I get some?” I busted out laughing and closed the door to my apartment. “That is every flavor of trouble—I’m in way over my head.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“Luca was heartache waiting to happen.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“I’m not supposed to want you,” he said as his eyes returned to mine. “Sometimes, it doesn’t matter what we want or need. Sometimes, life just is. I can feel in my gut you’re not good for me, but that doesn’t seem to change anything,” I admitted softly.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“Luca was the most tantalizing dessert I’d ever seen. No matter that I’d been on a diet for weeks and didn’t want to ruin my good health, the moment I got a whiff of the rich, creamy decadence, every ounce of my resolve would disappear until I couldn’t remember a single reason why I should say no. The only chance I had of not giving in was to avoid him completely. I couldn’t eat the dessert if I was never near it.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“there’s still plenty I don’t know about you.” “Like what?” “Like whether you scream when you come,” Luca offered in a lust-filled rumble. That was unexpected. His comment had rendered me speechless, but my body had reacted instantly—nipples pebbling, my heart thrumming in my chest. “And if I don’t?” I asked softly. “Honey, what I’ve got planned for you, you won’t have a choice.” His eyes cut to mine, his lips pulling back in a wicked grin.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“Alessia Genovese”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“Luca Romano.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“He came to a stop at a light and gave me a long, hard look that sent a shiver down my spine. “After my mother died, I was adopted into a new family. They instilled a work ethic and taught me how to survive.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“The taste of her lips on mine wasn’t going to satisfy the beast within me. He wanted every piece of her—not just a kiss and a few tidbits of information. He wanted to crawl beneath her skin and see inside her soul.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“He seized my mouth like he couldn’t get enough—like I held the cure to whatever darkness seethed inside him.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies

“His casual stance was not to be confused for indifference—a storm raged in his obsidian eyes.”
― Jill Ramsower, Forever Lies