Niki

“You taught me that feelings are information, not weakness." His gaze was steady. "Your feelings about this man are giving you information. Clear information, about a threat you should take seriously instead of hiding from.”
― Riley Keenan, Theirs to Keep

“You ought to give him a cat.”
James started. “Bentley?”
“Lord Wellgood,” Harold said. “To show he is not really so gruff, you ought to give him a cat. Perhaps one that sneaks in at night, and he hasn’t the heart to turn it out again, even though he complains loudly to anyone who will listen that it is there.”
James laughed softly. “Perhaps I will.”
“A cat, and a fire, and the man—the woman—he loves in his arms. That would make a fine ending for your story indeed.”
“I think so too,” James murmured, and together they sat and watched the flames as, outside, the night moved slowly closer to dawn.”
― J.A. Rock, A Scandal for Stratford

“As I gaze at him, I use my other hand to gesture between the two of us while holding onto him. “But this? I know this for certain.”
“I love you.” He kisses my palm again, before leaning up to press his lips to mine.
“So fucking much.” I reach to cup his jaw and take a deep inhale. “You don’t even know all the ways I love you, baby.”
“Never not obsessed?” His lips form a hesitant little smile over my mouth.
“Never not obsessed with you.”
― Elliott Rose, Saving the Rain

“What a pretty thing you are when you blush for me,” he murmurs, and I nearly combust on the spot at the way that turns me inexplicably and confusingly to absolute stone.”
― Elliott Rose, Saving the Rain