Status Updates From Collateral (Debt Collection...

Re reading again before diving into collateral 2

Infected by Ben's hope for our future, I smiled at him and eased on the gas. I really didn't have any idea where we would end up, but I suspected we were going to enjoy every second of our journey.

"I tormented you because it made me laugh to see you cry. If you weren't so fucking weak, I might have stopped after the night I gave you to Russ, after your father finally understood what it felt like to have someone take something precious from you."

"Lightheaded and trembling, I clutched at his shoulders as he stabbed his tongue between my lips. He bit my lower lip with enough pressure to make me gasp. I had a feeling he had done it to remind me that he wasn't a nice man and that he could hurt me—that he would hurt me."

"The truth was painful and raw—but it was real. Ben wasn't a lawyer or a doctor. He wasn't a professional athlete or a banker. He was a mechanic, a mob enforcer and a car thief." ...but did we connect!

oops that's Aston not Marley! my bad!

Marley said yes to the Albanian enforcer, Ben just as calm as a cucumber!

"Long ago, my father had taught me the art of negotiation. Know when you're beat, he had warned. Get out early. Sell first. Close the deal."

Here goes nothing. This author and her promises hate having to start something and being unsure of the follow up

"Ben had given Aston his word. Calvin would never hurt her again. Even if that meant he had to put her stepbrother six feet underground" ya sass Ben yasss

("You belong to me for a week as collateral." She blinked twice. "Belong to you? You mean…?" Holding his breath, he nodded slowly. "You're mine for seven days and seven nights.") oh Jesus