The Brit Quotes
"Don’t hesitate, don’t ask questions. Just do it."
"And f . . . fuck’s sake, learn how . . . to play poker."
"It’s not in good taste to take out an enemy while they’re saying their vows, Danny."
"Don’t fucking tell me what he would have wanted."
"Never trust anyone, and don’t be surprised when someone doesn’t trust me."
"The only way to get shit into Miami undetected is through this boatyard or Byron’s Reach. Nothing is coming into this city without me knowing about it."
"But I feel nothing. I don’t even feel filthy anymore. I close my eyes and wish myself away."
"Except those stolen moments... They are what I live for, along with the memories I keep locked deeply away, safe from contamination."
"You’re a goddess," he whispers in my ear, nuzzling into my neck like a child seeking comfort."
"His coffin should be oak like the doors in our mansion... He wants to feel like he’s at home."
"Everything is left to me. His empire, his assets. His deadly reputation."
"The style is a far cry from what my tall body feels comfortable in... But that’s what I am."
"And he’s been a loyal friend to me, even as kids when we barely knew what loyalty stood for."
"Being in public isn’t helpful, because I can’t be seen with Perry without risking his race for power, or pissing him off."
"The Brit? My eyes shoot back to the man who has everyone’s attention. The Angel-faced Assassin? Danny Black?"
"I’m well aware that this isn’t because I’m suddenly shaking with the fear that was absent. I should be certifiably quaking in my heels at his presence, along with everyone else."
"For a man who is supposedly in love with me, he doesn’t know me very well."
"I’ve always worked hard to force attraction, to fool people. Now I’m working hard to fool a man into believing that I’m not attracted to him."
"I’m not concerned; she’d have to be Houdini to escape this suite."
"But though her eyes are begging, she is not."
"I’m many things, Rose, but I am not a rapist."
"You think I want to protect him? He’s nothing to me but a new pair of shoes each week and fancy hotel rooms wherever he wants to take me."
"You’re not much of a challenge when you’re so easy."
"I’m doing everything I can to ensure we get that marina and Adams in power. That’s what I’m fucking doing, and the woman is going to help make that happen."
"I would never take a woman against her will."
"I’m not only a challenge for her. She’s a challenge for me too."
"I expect to be grabbed, manhandled to a wall, and tortured some more. But much to my shock, he lets me leave."
"I crawl in and turn onto my side, closing my eyes and wishing for a clean outcome to this horror movie."
"She is fascinating me more by the minute, no matter how hard I’m trying to force my mind into line."
"There’s something about her," I admit, doing what I’ve never done before. Confiding in someone.
"The person who I remind you of"—she breathes in my face, anger getting the best of her—"who is it?"
"The person who raped you," I retort, moving in close, sliding my palm onto her hip. "Who was it?"
"Mr. Black isn’t interested in your compassion, child. He’s interested in what you . . ."
"Pretty it up all you like. I’m here against my will, and that makes this my prison."
"You’re leaving me here? My brain has seriously short-circuited."
"Every single word that passes my lips feels wrong. So, so wrong."
"And I wonder what it must feel like to put an end to someone who has affected you so terribly."
"I’ve been told to do what it takes to get the information Nox wants. What will it take?"
"I know he does this often, it’s a sport to him, but why in front of me?"
"You’re not scared of me. You’re scared because you really, really want me to fuck you. Hard. Ruthlessly."
"I may still be a prisoner, but at least I’m back in my homeland."
"I slowly stand, though I can’t deny my legs are wobbly."
"His smile is truly epic, the sparkle in his pale eyes blinding."
"I only enjoy killing people who deserve to die."
"I’ve had the desire to fuck a woman. I’ve had the desire to kiss one. But never have I had the desire to want to know one."
"Fear. I’ve never been scared, yet this woman frightens me."
"You can’t ruin something that’s already broken, Rose."
"I’m a heartbeat, I’m nothing, Danny Black. And you are God."
"It’s business. No smart man gets sentimental over business."
"You want white knuckles? Because I can think of a much better way of achieving that."
"Fury, frustration, and guilt only seemed to intensify my orgasm."
"I can’t be bothered to dry it. I should just go."
"I’ve already given Nox information on Danny’s movements, resulting in the carnage last night at the boatyard."
"I’m pretty sure I have the information he wants, anyway. My boy is safe. But Danny Black is not."
"I’m just empty. Tasted heaven, but feel like hell."
"I look up at Brad. 'What are you going to do, Danny?' he asks."
"No smart man gets sentimental over business."
"It wasn’t enough. An angry, hate-filled fuck should have satisfied me. Sated me."
"She’s distracting you. Affecting you. You’re making stupid decisions."
"Something tugs in my heart, something unwanted."
"I see him and see me. A boy with no hope. No future. No love."
"Stand down. Don’t fire. Mission aborted. Understand?"
"I either throw her out or fuck her blind without the okay I need. I can’t do that. I refuse to do that."
"It builds slowly at first, but when it hits my balls, it erupts."
"I’m suddenly exhausted, all of my adrenaline gone."
""You just fucking punched me." So I state the obvious like a moron."
"I’m held on the cusp for just a few painful seconds."
"And then I realize in this moment . . . I’m in more trouble than I ever comprehended."
"My mother abandoned me when I was eight years old."
"Isn’t washing, cleaning, and cooking part of what a mother should do for their child?"
"He wanted a son and he didn’t want a woman. So he took me."
"I’d been beaten black and blue for four years, starved and ra—"
"She chose drugs and prostitution over me. She left me to slowly die, and I will never forgive her for that."
"When Carlo put a bullet in my stepfather’s head, I didn’t shed a tear."
"My father always warned me that women make you vulnerable."
"But if there is a man who can fix my mess, it’s Danny."
"Every muscle on his back protrudes with uneasiness."
"I was deluded. Mad to think this mess can be sorted out. Mad to think I could spill my sins on Danny and think it’ll all be okay."
"How can it be? Danny won’t kill me for betraying him, yet his rejection will feel like death."
"It’ll be the first time in my life that I’ve ever made a decision for me."
"Everything is uncertain, except one thing. I miss you."
"It’s never too late to have some color in your life, Mister."
"The only prisoner I see around here is you, Danny."
"I held him for a few minutes, and they were the best minutes of my entire life. Then they took him away."
"Every time I needed putting in my place, if a good punch or slap didn’t work, then a reminder that his happiness was in my hands did."
"Our future together will make up for our torrid pasts."
"I can protect you from anything, Rose. Except me."
"I’m here," he says simply, like he is the answer to all my troubles.
"I knew evil when I saw it. I knew in that moment my life was over."
"Between the two of us, we’ve seen and experienced horrific shit, and that has molded us into the people we are today. Twisted people. Now we can be twisted together."
"My life changed irrevocably in a heartbeat. Now I have two purposes. Revenge. And loving Rose."
"He can’t control you anymore because now you are mine."
"I want to be the only man who can hurt her. Because that means I get to be the only man who can love her."
"You can’t fucking go anywhere. Ever. Because when you said you wanted to be mine, you signed in fucking blood, Rose. Right across my fucking heart."
"There’s never been room in my life for a woman. At least, that’s what I thought. There’s always been room, just never the desire to take on the responsibility of loving someone. Of protecting them. Of making them my life."
"No man’s a man unless he takes care of the women in his life."
"I love you," I whisper, opening my eyes. The vision before me could be enough to call off my plan and stay here all night.
"I’ve never been the victim of such merciless pleasure."
"Being in a relationship is about compromising."
"Ever take that off again, I won’t be so nice next time."