Cute? You think he's cute? What's cute about him? ... Well, yes. He's got that smile, that really bad boy smile, and a great backside. On page eighty of the relationship manual, it clearly states, you cannot look at another man's backside, especially if you think it's great.
Christine FeehanI can't help it, Kate. And I'm laughing at me. I feel like one of those sappy men who run around with a big grin on his face all the time. I feel like grinning all the time around you, and it's so idiotic.
Christine FeehanAnd maybe that was love. Being so vulnerable and allowing someone else in so far they could hurt you, but they also give you everything.
Christine FeehanLife gives us choices. You either grab on with both hands and just go for it, or you sit on the sidelines.
Christine FeehanNo, they would not be happy to take my place at your side, cara mia, because I would promptly end their lives in a most unhappy way.โ โYou are such a caveman, Julian. You look tall and elegant and princely, yet you have not matured beyond the cave.โ โฆโI have no intention of riding above caveman mentality,โ he growled in her ear, his breath teasing tendrils of hair and sending little flames dancing through her bloodstream. โThere are so many benefits for the caveman.
Christine FeehanHe felt safe with her. He'd never been safe with another human being, not since he'd been taken as a child from his home. He'd never been able to trust. He could never give that last small piece - all that was left of his humanity - into someone else's keeping. And now there was Rikki. She let him be whatever he had to be to survive. She didn't ask anything of him. There was no hidden motive. No agenda. Just acceptance. She was different - imperfect, or so she thought - and she knew what it was like to fight to carve out a space for herself. She was willing for him to do thar.
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