Status Updates From Rome (Marked Men, #3)

“I love you half-pint. Love that little baby. You understand where I’m at with all of that?”

…I knew there was no one else on this planet I would willingly get on my knees for, but this girl with all her mouthy ways and swirling eyes, I would do it for her whenever she asked and even when she didn’t.
“I got you, Rome.” And she did. She had me any damn way she wanted me…

“Brite sold me the Bar today and I’m in love with you.” That was my fitting a nutshell; nothing else mattered…. “I own a bar and I want you forever.”

“… I don’t want you to be part of my nightmares, Cora, but I’m selfish enough to ask you to want to be.”
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“You have to let me in, you have to stick around so we can work through it together. I’m not flawless either, Captain No-Fun, but I kinda think together we might get close to something spectacular, if we want it bad enough.”

“Because I’m freaked out that whatever I say might be the wrong thing. And right now, being with you is the one thing that feels solid and real … you’re so full of color, so vibrant you never get lost in all the gray in my head. I don’t want to lose that.”

Rome Archer was a force to be reckoned with, a storm brewing of broken thoughts and dangerous demons, of misplaced responsibility and unknown future. I wasn’t sure, but I had a sinking suspicion I might be one of the few able to withstand the destruction left by that storms aftermath, and even though my old fear was there, it wasn’t as strong as the attraction I felt for this enigmatic man.

… he put his hands on the table in front of me and bent down so that we were face to face. There was a storm brewing on that blue gaze and I didn’t think I wanted to be any part of it, or maybe I wanted to be the cause of it and that was why I was acting so awful.
“Pretty sure you know what my idea of a good time is. I’d be happy to remind you in case you forgot.”

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