River Thorne > Quotes

“On a porch, in June, with the creek and the birches and our daughter watching and a cat asleep in a patch of sun. Not the kind of kiss that belonged in a movie. The kind that belonged in a life, soft at first, then deeper, his hands on my face, my hands on his chest, and every person on that porch disappeared until it was just us. The way it had always been just us, even when the world was loud and the family was terrible and the contract was way too long.”
― River Thorne, The Heir

“How do I look?" Beautiful. Perfect. Like everything I didn't know I wanted.”
― River Thorne, The Arrangement

“Finn loved you," I said. "More than you deserved. Enough to sign a contract and sell a year of his life to save yours. Remember that, wherever you end up. Remember what you had, and what you threw away.”
― River Thorne, The Heir

“My office," Owen said tightly. "Now." He turned and walked toward his corner office without waiting to see if Felix followed.”
― River Thorne, Claimed by Accident