Seeking Vengeance Quotes

“Are you deliberately torturing me?” he growls.
My heart kicks. Wild and unrhythmic. “Torturing you?”
He raises the scotch, downing the contents in one fell swoop before returning the glass to his side. “You know exactly what I’m talking about.”
There’s a warning in his voice. A delicious subtle threat.
My throat tightens. My chest, too. Everything is so painfully, invigoratingly restricted that I have to fight hard to maintain level breathing.
I raise my other leg, crossing both at the ankles against the rim of the tub. I shouldn’t be doing this. Warning bells ring in the farthest recesses of my mind. If only they were loud enough to put a stop to the craziness. “Join me.”
His jaw ticks. That’s his only response. No movement. No words.
“Matthew?”
His features tighten, almost setting in a glower as he grates, “Be sure about this, Layla.”
“I think I am,” I lie. I’m not even partially certain. I’m running on instinct alone. No, not instinct—infatuation. 
“Then I’m staying where I am.” He crosses his arms over his chest, the glass moving to rest in the crook of his arm. “I’m on the precipice here. I can only pretend to be a stand-up guy for so long, then I’m going to start pushing my own agenda. So don’t play with me, amore mio.”
― Eden Summers, Seeking Vengeance

“I enjoy the look men get when they see you,” he murmurs against my neck, slaying me. “When they admire how f-cking gorgeous you are. How perfect. How compliant.”
I wish I could argue otherwise. That I’m not quick to obey or easily malleable. But in his arms, I’m all those things and more.
A puppet.
A servant.
A slave.”
― Eden Summers, Seeking Vengeance

“Then why the fuck would I—” “Because she fucking consumes me,” I snarl through clenched teeth. “She destroys me. Rips me apart and leaves me weak. Every thought I have is savaged by her. Every breath is tainted with her scent. What I feel for her is more than the bullshit of love. It’s something you wouldn’t understand and couldn’t comprehend.”
― Eden Summers, Seeking Vengeance