What you should really be sorry for," he continued, "is that for the rest of my life, I'll have to avoid wine cellars to keep from thinking about you." "Why? Was kissing me that bad?" A devil-solf whisper. "No sweetheart. It was that good.
Lisa KleypasI realized I wasn't going to find a man until I was willing to expose myself to possible harm, to assume the risks of rejection and betrayal and heartbreak that came along with caring about someone. Someday, I promised myself, I would be ready for that kind of risk.
Lisa KleypasI didn't want to give you the one last part of myself that I couldn't take back. And then you were gone... And I realized it was already yours. It had been since the beginning. Except that I hadn't told you. It drove me mad, the thought that you would never know.
Lisa KleypasItโs all right,โ the boy murmured as he felt her trembling. โMy grandmother always told me โNever try to turn back on a new roadโyou donโt know what adventures await you.
Lisa KleypasThe worst part about loving someone, Merripen, is that there will alยญways be things you can't protect her from. Things beยญyond your control. You finally realize there is something worse than dying . . . and that is having something hapยญpen to her. You have to live with that fear always. But you have to take the bad part, if you want the good part." Kev looked at him bleakly. "What's the good part?" A smile touched Cam's lips. "All the rest of it is the good part," he said, and went.
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