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“Let's not get naughty.
How about homicidal instead?”
― Lora Leigh, Wicked Pleasure

“She leaned against him, listening to his strong heartbeat as they cuddled together.
Maybe he didn鈥檛 say all the right things, and maybe he didn鈥檛 do it all in the right way, but he was hers, and she was his, and they鈥檇 figure it all out together. Because she knew now that both of them were in this for the long haul, and that he鈥檇 be there for her no matter what.
And that鈥檚 what counted the most.”
― Jaci Burton, Playing to Win

“I know.鈥� He leaned in and brushed his knuckles across her cheek. 鈥淎nd you can try and pretend it鈥檚 okay. That you鈥檙e strong and tough and you don鈥檛 need anyone. That you didn鈥檛 need her. But that鈥檚 all bullshit. I know it, and you know it.鈥�
Savannah stared at Cole.
鈥淵ou鈥檙e so pushy. I told you my story. Why can鈥檛 you leave it alone?鈥�
鈥淗ave you ever dealt with it?鈥�
She鈥檇 spent so many years holding it all inside.
鈥淚鈥檓 here right now, aren鈥檛 I? I obviously dealt with my past.鈥�
鈥淚鈥檓 not talking about surviving it. Yeah, you survived it. But you haven鈥檛 let go of it.鈥� He rubbed her arm. 鈥淲hat she did to you mattered. It wasn鈥檛 fair.鈥�
He was wrong. She was fine. It didn鈥檛 matter. She had always shown everyone how strong she was.
鈥淪how me how you feel, Peaches.鈥�
Her bottom lip trembled. She got up, walked to the window to look outside, staring at the darkness, not really seeing anything but the years falling away, stripping away the cool, confident woman she was now, revealing the scared little girl she once was. She鈥檇 vowed to never go back to that place, to never revisit those feelings again, yet here she stood.
Cole wrapped his arms around her. She stiffened.
鈥淚t鈥檚 okay to be vulnerable, Savannah, to let someone see you scared.鈥�
鈥淚鈥檓 not scared. Not anymore.”
― Jaci Burton, Playing to Win

“Yet she was so sweet. She wasn鈥檛 a hard-ass, wasn鈥檛 jaded after all that had been done to her. In bed, she was giving and generous. And she smiled a lot. She seemed to enjoy life.
Whereas he鈥檇 been nothing but a giant pain in the ass, taking for granted everything that had been given to him. He鈥檇 had it so easy, while his parents had struggled to give him a good life so all he had to do was go out and live his dream.
He and Savannah were as different as night and day. How could she tolerate being around him? He was nothing but a spoiled football player who craved the spotlight. He didn鈥檛 deserve to be sharing a bed with her. She needed someone who cared for her, who thought of nothing but her, who鈥檇 give up everything just to give her the kind of life she deserved.
He sucked in a breath and realized it was time he made some serious life changes. It was time to go all in and stop hesitating about the things he really wanted in his career. In his life.
It was time to start taking some chances.”
― Jaci Burton, Playing to Win