He was my drug, and I had no desire to kick the habit.

Gideon was a force of nature, his magnetic self-possession so powerful it put everyone around him in his shadow. I saw flashes of it every day and was awed by it, but not nearly as much as I was by the charming, wryly amusing lover I had entirely to myself in our private moments together.

There's nothing like a little Gideon therapy to make things look up.

I'm not giving you any options here. We're doing this, Eva. Enjoy your last remaining hours as a single woman.

It's time to discuss what it's going to take to get you beneath me"-GC

I’m going out, remember?” I prodded. “And I’m going to drink too much, which makes me horny. Don’t forget to take your vitamins, ace.

There was something sweet in watching him pull himself back together, restoring the façade he wore for the world while I knew at least a little of the man beneath it.