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I laugh, and it sounds like I've been sucking helium.

Talk to me. Say something, anything," he pleaded quietly as if he was trying to tame a wild animal."There's nothing to say."He looked up and lowered his eyebrows on his eyes. "Why did you kiss me?

I had never had a big opinion for myself. I had always thought I'd be a fuck up, that I'd be disappointed like always by life and people. But at this very moment, I knew it. I wasn't a good man, not well-adjusted. __olan

You're very different from the man I pictured you to be."I smirk at her, amused. What, so she didn't think I'd be a fucker with a drinking problem who is obviously very much into casual sex and reckless driving on a classic bike? I arch an eyebrow at her and run a hand along my square jaw. "I hope you find me sexier.

What happened tonight won't change a thing.""You're mistaken, Lila. Everything started changing the moment we met.

I'm going to own your body, Lila, because you f*cking own mine.

What happened?""I f***ed Titan.""Ah.""Actually, it was more like 'Yes, please, may I have another?

I glare at him and sigh. __on't you understand what a book is?___bviously.___hen how can it be boring? It's not just twenty-six little letters all mushed together to make words that link together to tell a story. It's the creation of another world where anything can happen and anyone can be whoever they want to be. It's a crazy, special kind of magic that can transport you out of the real world, to anywhere you want to go. It doesn't matter if it's a made-up universe or it's written in a city you can drive to within an hour. It's what happens within the pages that makes reading so...not boring._-Emma Hart "Dirty Little Rendezvous (The Burke Brothers Spin-Off #1).

How have you always felt?_ he wondered.__oved._ Her eyes opened and met his. __anted, happy, excited. A little sad.__e felt himself stiffen. __hy sad?___ecause it always feels like one lifetime with you just isn__ enough.

Despite his soft speech, he stared at her as he__ like to eat her whole. Damn her traitorous body if that thought wasn__ such a bad one_. This could not be happening. She was on the run from a maniac and her hormones were going haywire. Clearly, she had issues.

Emma Garcia gripped the steering wheel of the stolen pick-up truck she wished she wasn__ driving. In the entirety of her twenty-six years, she hadn__ taken as much as a piece of gum without paying for it, until today_