The Temptation of Eden Quotes

“I want you to press into me until you drive me wild with desire. It won't be difficult. I'm so ready to feel you.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“I pulled my dress to my hips, bunching it there in a way I was sure must look awkward, but there was no other way to move my legs apart. I considered unzipping the back and slipping it off to seem less ungainly, but I intended to give him not an inch more than he paid for or deserved. I had no illusion of modesty, but I was well aware of my worth as a commodity. If he wanted to see the curve of my back—and certainly if he wanted another look at my tits—there would be a price tag attached.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“I want you to know ... you are my slut. I need you to know that you deserve every moment of giving yourself to me.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“Like a blushing virgin unaware of what this older man had in mind, I fluttered my lashes, a pout on my lips.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“It wasn't the sort of horniness that lingered only in my cunt. I efficiently dealt with that sort after a session with my vibrator. It was the horniness of looking out into the horizon and knowing I wouldn’t get fucked anytime soon.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“Within a few seconds, women know if they would ever sleep with a man. With Reed, it seemed every seven seconds that I wanted him between my legs a little more.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“Neil leaned forward, his own breathing strange, a look on his face I could not understand. It was how I looked at sunsets or fireworks, my expression on the edge of the Grand Canyon.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“I had never stripped for a man before. Of course, I had been naked plenty but crossed the space between being dressed and nude as quickly as possible to make good on the lack of clothing.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“Anyone who tells you they only drink wine old enough to have been bottled by their grandfather is an insecure snob who has never had the sublime pleasure of a box of wine at a barbecue.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“She cheated. She confessed. I forgave ... Emboldened by this, cheated more broadly.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“There were a hundred moments when I could have said no, but we had ensured my mouth was too full to allow it.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“With every foot I bridged between us, I screamed more loudly at myself to turn back and deny him, but I could only manage to come closer.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“Then I am going to sit in that chair. Until the moment you crawl over there—I will have to insist upon your crawling—you can still say no and turn back. Once you are on your knees for me, I need you to know you are giving yourself to me until I am satisfied. Say you understand.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“I don't have much practice sitting in men's laps ... outside mall Santas when I was a little girl.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“The sweet-talking is not necessary ... I am doing this because you are paying me, not because you charm me.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“The distance between my home and here is a fraction of the emotional distance between here and inside.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“Even if we married, I might always be second fiddle to his cello, his mistress as he devoted himself more to his music.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“It would be an understatement to suggest I disliked him at once. To claim I was nevertheless captivated against my will would also be minimizing. Here was a man who had my attention in under a minute and whom I wanted to tear to shreds.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“At the beginning of this business relationship, it had not occurred to me he would not be forthcoming. (Cumming, yes, but not forthcoming.)”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“I joked it must have something to do with the delicate precision of his fingers, honed through his playing, but it was a faint joke. He had too much muscle memory to be anything less than tender and exacting in touching anything that might make music.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“It was no struggle to get him back to his room with the excuse I wanted to hear his enthralling music again before returning to my dorm. He, the sweet dope, didn't understand I wanted to be the one making it with an orchestra of bedsprings.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“He looked at once parental and powerful, and I, like some terrified child before him.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“Anything from you that is less than enthusiastic consent is a no, at least until we agree otherwise.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“But I hear neither an act nor price in your little paean to my sexiness."
"'Paean?' You want me to just cum on the spot, don't you, you poetic little slut.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“It wasn't cheating if it was a job. It wasn't cheating if it was only for money. If that was all it was, taking my clothes off pushed that line, but it was not crossing it.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“Should I park far and walk the rest of the way? Would I appear less guilty than leaving my car in front of his home? At least that would make it much harder to get away with murdering me.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“He was, if anything, boring. The typical social media, essentially closed off. What little I could see corroborated aspects of his story. Divorced, childfree, effortlessly wealthy.
Then again, Ted Bundy would have looked good on paper too.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden

“Principals hired that teacher you had a crush on in high school because she had the sense to wear a tight shirt and "forget" a few buttons.”
― Valentine Glass, The Temptation of Eden