Janice

“I was watching you watch me. There's a difference.”
― ivan rusilko

“Your beauty took my breath away, but your mind has stopped my heart.”
― Ivan Rusilko, Appetizers

“After all, he'd been in the United States Army Special Forces, fuck you very much. You might take the man out of the SF, you couldn't take the SF out of the man. He'd been up against some of the world's meanest and toughest. So, goddamn straight he could work his way around one young woman.”
― Laura Kaye, Her Forbidden Hero

“I have to know.”

“Know what?” Jaden demanded.

“Well, for starters, I have to know why you left without even saying goodbye.” Without thinking, he caressed the soft curve of her cheek with his thumb, stroking it affectionately as he stared into her green eyes. “But more importantly, I need to know why a woman I barely know has left such a gaping hole in my chest, why when I open my eyes in the morning I’m disappointed that you aren’t there, and why every song on the radio sounds like Frank Sinatra. Why is it that one night with you felt more like a thousand?”
― Ivan Rusilko, Appetizers