Auj

“Because I love you desperately. Because I can't sleep for thinking of you. Because I burn up with desire for you. Because I dare not look at you, because if I did, every man and woman at court would see all that that in my eyes.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Taming of the Queen

“I swallowed and took a deep breath. “You can always leave my service.”

“Don’t you see, Diana? If I did that, I’d break not one but two hearts. For I know you love me, though you haven’t said it yet.”

I closed the gap between us and put a steady palm on Eric’s chest. “Oh, Eric. You do know me. I love you so much, it sometimes terrifies me.”
― Audrey De Leon, The Guard of Adriane

“Then why won’t you tutor me?”

Frustration seized him, the same frustration he’d been fighting since he met her. “Because I can’t keep my bloody mouth off you. I can’t keep my bloody hands off you. And it’s getting harder to keep my bloody cock away from you.”
― Lorraine Heath, Beauty Tempts the Beast

“Even though it was dark, the lack of light couldn’t diminish his masculine perfection. Could this beautiful man finally be mine? I put a hand on his T-shirt-covered chest, which was slightly clammy, and then removed it. As much as I wanted him, I knew I couldn’t have him.”
― Audrey De Leon, The Guard of Adriane