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“Right now I want you naked against me," Dean says. "I want to wake up cold because you’ve hogged all the blankets. I want to feel your leg between mine, your hair in my face, your arm flung across my chest. I want to find myself on the edge of the bed in the morning because you’ve sprawled all over the mattress. I want to sleep with you.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“The allure, huh?â€�
“I’ve learned a few things about castle architecture over the years.� Liv wraps one arm around my waist. “The allure is a passage behind the parapet of a castle wall. Great for defense when the enemy is approaching. You know you’re safe on the allure.� She tucks her head beneath my chin, twining her hand with mine. “Like we’re safe with each other.�
“No doubt about it, beauty.â€� I press my face against her sweet-smelling hair. “You’ll always be my allure.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“Silence falls, pulsing with the truth of what I’ve learned and what Dean has yet to acknowledge. Our relationship, our love, cannot and will never be perfect. It will, however, always belong only to us in all its flawed, intense beauty. Perfect in its very imperfection.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“So what are we, then?â€� I asked. “When someone asks who I am, what am I supposed to say?â€�
“You say, ‘Hi, I’m Liv, Dean’s very hot and sexy lady.’� I couldn’t smother a giggle. “Seriously.�
“P²¹°ù²¹³¾´Ç³Ü°ù?â€�
“N´Ç.â€�
“Cuddle bunny?�
“God, no.�
“Valentine? Sweetheart? Girlfriend?�
“Girlfriend.� I rested my forehead against his chest. “I guess.� “Not the best word, but it’ll do in public.� He kissed my
temple. “In private, you can just be my beauty.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“Loved. I hadn't even realized how desperetly I'd wanted love.How much we both needed to know that in a world of dark corners and sharp needles, there really is a place where kisses taste like apple pie and where stars spill like suger across the sky. A place where unknown roads no longer scare you because you have another hand to hold. A place where butterflies always flutter whenever you see each other, and a single touch tells you that you are not alone. A place where every kiss still feels like the first. In that place of us, Liv and Dean, love has its own poetry and language. Allure, quartrefoil, fleur-de-lis...Professor. Beauty.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“We’re going to have to read a lot of books,â€� I say.
“My life’s work involves reading books.�
“We’ll probably have to take some classes.�
“I’m at my best in a classroom.�
“And I hear we’ll need to buy a ton of stuff.�
“We can afford stuff.�
I look up into his chocolate-brown eyes.
“I just wish I knew where to start,� I whisper.
“Right here, beauty.â€� And he presses his lips to mine.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“I moved closer to Dean, breathing in the scent of his skin, the heat of his body. "Remember when you told me everyone has a key to unlocking their secrets?" I whispered. " And you wanted to know what mine is?" He nodded. "And you told me you didn't have a key." "I think I do." "What is it?" "You.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“Do you want a baby?â€� I finally ask.
“N´Ç.â€�
My heart almost stops. “No?�
“I don’t want a baby.� Dean puts his hand on my belly, spreading his fingers out. “But I do want this baby. I want our baby.�
I smile, relief filling me like light. “Good, because that’s all I’ve got.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“He is imprinted in my bones, my soul. He has marked me in ways more permanent than time.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“I knew I could be everything for him that he was for me. I could heal his wounds, be his anchor, treasure him. Together we could create our own world, one of warmth and affection, protected from the slings and arrows of the world.
For despite our differences, our struggles, our childhoods at opposite ends of the spectrum... Dean and I were the same.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“Helen’s gaze flickers to Liv. “I’m Helen Morgan. Dean and I were once married.â€�
“I’m Olivia West,â€� Liv replies. “Dean and I are married.â€� The possessive tone in her voice does me some good.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“I put my hands flat on the table. Lean in to look her in the eye. “So she was a student when we met. She was also schlepping coffee. Best damn coffee I’ve ever had. One look at her and I was a goner. Done. Since that day, I’ve never had it so good. So don’t try and put her down because you can’t. She’s everything you never were. Everything you’ll never be.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“Dean opened the glove compartment and took out a package of condoms.
“You keep condoms in there?� I asked.
“It is called the glove compartment,â€� he replied with a wink.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“The fact that I was studying the perfect harmony of the stars and planets at the exact same time I was falling in love with you.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“Uh huh. Oh, except for my underwear. They’re a little tight. I think my butt is getting bigger too.â€�
“More for me to squeeze.�
“Really? You’re okay with me, you know� growing?�
“You just mentioned a bigger ass, and I’m already hard.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“You just always wanted to give me the safety I never had," I tell him. "But life isn't safe, no matter how hard you try to make it that way.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“Our relationship, our love, cannot and will never be perfect. It will, however, always belong only to us in all its flawed, intense beauty. Perfect in its very imperfection.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“We both want this so badly. I can feel it resonating between us like the hot pull of our first attraction, tangible and intense. We want our marriage to be a haven of warmth and pleasure again. We want our pure lustiness back, untainted by fear and mistrust. We want the unending spirals of bliss we can create only with each other. We want to shut the rest of the world out while locking ourselves in together. We want to be united
in this pregnancy and impending parenthood.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“Thanks for waiting,â€� I whispered.
“My beauty,â€� he said, “I’d wait for you forever.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“I didn’t know this kind of love existed, the kind that can both shatter you to pieces and make you whole.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“Feel that?â€� he asked. “You’re the first woman who’s ever made my heart beat like that. You’re the first woman I’ve ever wanted to spend all my time with, the only one who could convince me to start a new life. You’re the first woman who’s ever made me genuinely happy. Who makes me glad to be alive, who makes me burn hotter than fire. You’re the first woman who’s ever made me afraid.â€�
I stared at him. “Afraid?�
“Afraid of how good this is. Afraid it won’t last.� He pushed a lock of hair off my forehead. “Scared to death of losing you.�
“Oh.� I was speechless. I swallowed hard. “You’re � You don’t have to be scared of losing me.�
Something flickered in his expression that I didn’t understand, couldn’t decipher.
“I don’t?� he said.
“N´Ç.â€� I shook my head. “N´Ç.â€�
“Good.â€� He pulled me closer. “Because you’re the first woman I’ve never wanted to let go.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“You and me, beauty,â€� he reminds me, his eyes gentle.
“You and me, professor.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“life is both transitory and filled with permanence.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“You don’t need anyone to fix you, Olivia, least of all me.â€� Dean pulled me closer, his eyes never leaving mine. “Because you’re not broken.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“I press my face against her sweet-smelling hair. “You’ll always be my allure.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“We want the unending spirals of bliss we can create only with each other. We want to shut the rest of the world out while locking ourselves in together.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“When I first met you, I was still trying to figure out who I wanted to be. Who I could be.â€�
I lift my head to look at him. He’s watching me, his expression unreadable, his posture tense.
“You showed me so much of that,â€� I say. “So much more than I even knew existed. You showed me how to be free, and what it feels like to be safe and wanted and loved. You showed me how to love. How to stop being afraid. How to fight for what I want. Especially when what I wanted most was you.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“The girl who has refused to prove herself to anyone except herself. The girl whose strength comes from inside.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“Until this moment, I didn’t know it was possible to love my husband even more than I have for the past five years. I didn’t know this kind of love existed, the kind that can both make you whole and shatter you to pieces.”
― Nina Lane, Allure

“I hadn’t even realized how desperately I’d wanted love.”
― Nina Lane, Allure