Just you,' Hardy said when he got his breath back. 'All I want is you.

Once he had taken hold, he did not let go. It was not a handshake, it was a possession.

Matthew wanted hours, days, weeks alone with her... he wanted all her thoughts and smiles and secrets. The freedom to lay his soul bare before her.

Sometimes the closest-held secrets in the world can be pried out by the right question at the right time.

You know," I told him on our wedding night, "I'm just as much me when I'm with you, as I am without you." And because Hardy understood what I meant, he pulled me into his arms, against his heart.

I have never said this to anyone before.” Leo’s voice was like ragged velvet. “But the idea of you with child is the most insanely arousing thing I’ve ever imagined. Your belly all swollen, your breasts heavy, the funny little way you would walk … I would worship you. I would take care of your every need. And everyone would know that I’d made you that way, that you belonged to me.

If I never have anything from him except this one moment I am going to take it. Take it now, or drown in regret later.