Shannai

“The door swings open, and there he is, phone in hand. He puts his mouth up to the speaker, his eyes on me, the tiniest smirk pulling at his lips. ‘It’s nice.’
‘I’m sorry, did you just compliment me?’
‘Don’t take it personally,’ he echoes. ‘I tell my accountant he looks nice all the time, too.’
‘It’s a slippery slope to earnest compliments, Spencer.’
He tilts his head, appraising me. ‘I don’t expect you to let me get that far. You’ve never been one for accepting my compliments.’
‘You’ve never been one for giving them to me.‘’
‘Maybe you weren’t listening.’
‘Trust me, I was.”
― Jessica Joyce, You, with a View

“Remember nothing lasts forever. You have to hold on to the good things, knowing you may be on borrowed time with them. And with the bad, recognize that eventually it will pass.”
― Jessica Joyce, You, with a View

“He's ruthless; a walking red flag. Good thing red is my favorite color.”
― Navessa Allen, Caught Up

“Are you holding yourself back from your natural inclination to choke me?’
He laughs, incredulous. ‘What?’
‘You always touch my neck when we’re doing things.’
‘Things?’ His hips start moving, too slowly, an unbearable drag.
I groan. ‘Kissing, touching, fucking now.’
His expression softens into something achingly vulnerable. ‘I like feeling your heart beat fast for me.’ A secret revealed in the middle of our sex. ‘That’s how I know you like me.”
― Jessica Joyce, You, with a View