Fable of Happiness Book Three Quotes

“I saw every broken piece that might never glue back into the right order, but they would glue into something. They would find their place, they would form into something valuable, and eventually, they’d be stronger than anything before.”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three

“Every time I look in the mirror, I’m reminded of the kid back in the valley. The kid who never got to grow into a normal man. I think... I think it’s time I became that man. I’m ready to become that man.”
Tipping my chin up with his finger, he murmured, “I want to become that man for you, Gem.”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three

“He’s legit a caveman!”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three

“He wasn’t just beginning to live again, he was choosing to. He was choosing me over death. Choosing hope over loss. Choosing happiness over misery.”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three

“You’re mine.”He kissed my clit before biting me with barely controlled violence. “All mine. Forever.”
“Yes.”I writhed as his fingers continued to drive me mad.
“Say you love me.”
“I love you.”
“Say you love my tongue deep in your pussy.”
“I love your tongue.”
“My tongue where, Gem?”He licked me hard and long, pushing me closer to the edge. “Where is my tongue? Where does it belong?”
I blushed but moaned, “In my pussy. Your tongue belongs inside me.”
“Damn fucking right it does.”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three

“It’s okay,” I whispered. “I know what it’s like to be betrayed. To be lied to. Beaten . Abandoned.”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three

“I’ve never had anything of my own before. Never had a favorite toy or a loyal pet, so you can’t blame me if I’m a tad controlling, now that I have you.”His fingers feathered over my entrance, making me suck in a breath. “Now that you’re mine, Gem? Now that I know what it’s like to have something to cherish, protect, and love... then yes, I’m going to be a controlling, dominating asshole because it’s the only way I know how to keep you safe.”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three

“Come, Gem. Come like you love me, like you hate me. Come like you’re the only master I’ll ever obey from now on.”His voice slipped into my ear, raw and thick. “Come knowing you’re the only one for me.”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three

“It’s a good thing that I’m yours and a great thing that you’re not going to share me.”
“It is?”I cried out as he ground into me, filling me deep, bruising inside and out. “Definitely.”He picked a threatening pace, driving into me over and over again. “Because if I’m yours and you’re mine, then it means you just handed over your freedom, Gemma Ashford.”
I cried out as he fucked me harder.
“You’re going to marry me. You’re going to worship me every fucking day for the rest of your life. You’ll be my friend, my lover... my wife. You’ll put up with my flaws and accept that I’ll never be perfect. You’ll love me until your dying day.”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three

“Because our connection isn’t skin deep. I’m a firm believer that when you meet the one, it’s not the cells that make up our body that sit up and notice, but our soul. I felt you inside me—not just inside my heart but bigger than that. You were familiar and new, scary and safe, mine the moment I met you.”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three

“You shouldn’t have to carry that sort of weight, knowing the man who’s in love with you isn’t stable enough to survive without you. One day, I will be. One day, I will be strong enough to be everything you need, everything you deserve, but in the meantime, what I can give you is a promise. “A promise that I’m done with all of this. I’m done being sick in my soul and not just my head. I’m done letting a concussion amplify all the unresolved shit inside me. But most of all, I’m done not fighting for what I deserve. And fuck it, I deserve you, Gem. I deserve you because I will fight every monster who ever dares to come near you. I will protect you, provide for you. Not a day will go by that I don’t do whatever I can to keep you safe and happy.”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three

“I had it wrong. I didn’t need to vandalize and monopolize her to be vindicated. I just needed to let her in. To love. To be brave enough to give up my life for someone worthier than me.”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three

“And I said three terrifying words. Words that I would die by, live by, do my best to survive by. Because she’d chosen me. Fate had chosen her for me. And I would finally start trying to deserve her instead of letting my past destroy her. “I love you.”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three

“Kindness and kisses might’ve destroyed me, but she... she might finally set me free.”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three

“Either death or escape would eventually save us, and I built my entire existence on those two possibilities. Even while living alone, I still trusted in those two inevitabilities. Until she arrived. A trespassing girl with a heart of fucking gold who showed me a third possibility.”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three

“To love is the simplest choice. But healing is the hardest struggle of all.”
― Pepper Winters, Fable of Happiness Book Three