Kayla

“Looking down I can’t help but be turned on seeing my mark on her skin. Yeah, I probably should have told her what the mark means, but honestly, I’m not ready to say it out loud. She’s mine.”
― Cala Riley, Redlined

“I’m going to blame Finn. He’s Canadian, so I’m sure you understand he’s a savage.”
― Christina Lauren, Sweet Filthy Boy

“Precisely!” Anthony roared. “Good God, I know exactly what is going on in his brain right now, and it has nothing to do with poetry and roses.” Simon pictured laying Daphne down on a bed of rose petals. “Well, maybe roses,” he murmured. “I’m going to kill him,” Anthony announced.”
― Julia Quinn, The Duke and I

“I hated it [here], so I escaped. […] Once I started traveling […] things finally felt better. I met people, and—I don’t know, without the baggage of history or the fear of what would happen, it felt so much easier to open up to people. To make friends. I know it sounds pathetic, but all those little chance encounters we had—those made me less lonely. […] I needed those people, because I felt alone. I thought I had to run hundreds of miles away from here to find some place to belong. I spent my whole life thinking anyone outside my family who got too close, saw too much, wouldn’t want me anymore. The safest thing was those quick, serendipitous moments with strangers. That’s all I thought I could have. And then there was you.”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation