rena

“In my fantasies, you allow me to keep an eye on you.” I feel his lips at my temple. “And when I really let go, I imagine that you let me take care of you, too.” It does sound outlandish. “Why?” “Because in my head, no one has done it before.” I fall asleep huddled in the curve of Jack’s throat, wondering whether he might be right.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love, Theoretically

“couldn’t let her do it. No matter how good this felt for my ego, I wasn’t going to deprive her of her princess moment. She deserved all the good moments after what that garbage human, Franco, had put her through. “No,” I blurted out. Her face paled, eyes flaring. “You can’t ask me to marry you.” Her brows furrowed. “I…can’t?” “No.” I lowered myself to one knee. “Because I get to ask you that first.” Now we were both on one knee on the floor in front of the entire fucking restaurant.”
― L.J. Shen, Truly Madly Deeply

“I want to take care of it for her. I want to bring the light back to her shining eyes and the smile - a real smile - to her face.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Prize

“She’s brilliant. She trusts me, and all I think about is taking her to my office, stripping her, doing unspeakable things to her. And I want to tell her. I want to tell her that she’s luminous, she’s so bright in my mind, sometimes I can’t focus.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love on the Brain