You might have been paid back enough to suit you" I said, "but I don't know if you've been paid back enough to suit me.
Charlaine HarrisFinally, a human man saw me as intensely valuable. Just my luck he was happily married and thought I was a freak.
Charlaine HarrisWe could go back," he said. In the dome light of the car, his face looked hard as stone. "We could go back to your house. I can stay with you always. We can know each other's bodies in every way, night after night. I could love you." His nostrils flared, and he looked suddenly proud. "I could work. You would not be poor. I would help you." "Sounds like a marriage," I said, trying to lighten the atmosphere. But my voice was too shaky. "Yes," he said.
Charlaine HarrisThe average woman would not be pondering how fast her date could kill her, but I’ll never be an average woman.
Charlaine HarrisI knew, as sure as I knew my name, that tomorrow he would send me another coat, in a big fancy box, with a big bow on it. It would be the right size, it would be a top brand, and it would be warm. ............... It was cranberry red, with a removable liner, a detachable hood, and tortoiseshell buttons.
Charlaine Harris