Tania

“He froze. “I . . .” Then, as he searched my face with wonder, he slid from his seat and down to one knee. “My sweet, lovely Anna. I love you . . . and I want to marry you. But only if you want to. Do you? I mean, will you? Marry me?”
Be still my heart. His proposal was so adorably awkward that I had to laugh, sliding out of my chair so I could face him on my knees, too. I grabbed his face and kissed him for saying exactly what I needed to hear. We kissed once, twice, three times before he pulled back.
“Does it always take this long for someone to answer? It’s making me bloody nervous.”
I looked into his eyes. “Yes, Kai. I’ll marry you.”
― Wendy Higgins, Sweet Reckoning

“Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.”
― Aisha Tyler

“The correct response to a compliment is a thank you”
― Sarah Castille, Legal Heat

“he began to walk slowly around me, as a man in a museum might circle a statue.”
― J. Kenner, Heated