“We already established I’m whipped. Got no problem with that considering how that’s come about puts me in a good mood.”

“Women don’t buy with me,” he said quietly. “I get it, women’s lib and all, got no problem with that. But you’re with me, I pay. No discussion, definitely no stupid-ass fight. That’s just the way it is with me.”

“His forehead dropped to touch mine. “I’m gonna piss you off ‘cause I can be a dick. That’s who I am. And you’re gonna piss me off ‘cause, babe, you got attitude. That’s who you are. And that’s who we’re comin’ out to be together. And I’m all right with that because, with what I had before, even when you’re a bitch, I like it. But when you’re not, it’s a sweetness the like I’ve never tasted.”

“About five seconds after I left you today, things between you andme, they changed,” he informed me in a quiet voice.I felt my brows draw together as my mind processed the fact thatthis was not good.“Changed?” I asked. “How?”“You got attitude, the kind I like. So I decided I’m gonna ride thatattitude wave of yours, see how things work out.”

“She waits for me at windows and buys me dragons. There are reasons we walk this earth, I’m coming to realize mine.”

“You call my cat Princess Fancy Pants, Ace, we got problems.”

“You still fallin’ in love with me?... ‘Cause you should know, baby, I’m already gone for you”