Jodi Ellen Malpas

“Ava, when a man gets a calculator out at the end of a meal to work out what you owe. It's usually not a good sign.”

“You better stop with the blah-fucking-zay shit now, or I'll shove this fork so far up your arse, you'll be chewing metal. What question are you considering?”

“Leave out what you expected and tell me what you got.”

“Sensual, intimate, luxurious, stimulating, invigorating.....”

“Welcome to the pleasure dome.”

“It's a pleasure.”

“I can’t answer that, Ava, because I’ve never wanted anything enough to pursue it so relentlessly. Not like I wanted you.”

“watch your mouth”

“He's a full grown man of a certain age - of which I now know - and a mouthwatering one at that.”

“Damn you, Jesse Ward, of an age I don't know!”

“Watch your fucking mouth!”

“Ava, why the fuck am I handcuffed to the bed?”

“I knew you were the one the second I laid eyes on you.''The one?''The one to bring me back to life.”

“I want the woman with me who keeps my heart beating.”

“Unravel your knickers, lady”

“He pecks my lips. I knew you were the one the second I laid eyes on you. The one to bring me back to life.‘How did you know?’ He’s talking. I need to extract as much from him as possible.He looks me straight in the eyes. They are bursting with meaning. ‘Because my heart starting beating again.' He whispers.”

“I can't find my breath.”

“I'll never recover”