“He stares at me. “So you’re telling me that you obey all my orders, because honestly that would be news to me?”“I always obey your orders,” I say indignantly. “I am quite possibly the best assistant in history.”“That would certainly be true, if you were the only assistant in history.”
―
Lily Morton,
Rule Breaker
“He’s lovely,” I say, putting my hand out to the dog. “What’s his name?”“Boris Johnson.”I blink. “Pardon?”He smiles. “Because he’s blond and stupid and makes very questionable decisions.” ― Lily Morton, Oz
“The truth is that I will always need you more than you need me. It’s also the truth that I’m not a good bet for someone as vital and young as you. I’m bad tempered, a perfectionist who is too serious, and too used to being on my own. You could go out tomorrow and find someone better for you, but the truth is that no one will ever need you like I do.” He pauses and then says firmly. “No one will ever love you like I do.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“To: Gabe Foster From: Dylan Mitchell I have prepared the fourth pot of coffee for you to taste. I pray that this one meets your exacting taste buds, because I do actually have plans for the rest of my life.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“Shithead Boss Man, eh? You know, Dylan, I really lucked out in the assistant department. The other partners in the firm have ended up with someone awful, who soothes them, is at their beck and call and agrees with them all the time. I got one who is sarcastic, argumentative, scruffy, rarely where he should be, and calls me Shithead Boss Man rather than Sir.”Jude laughs at him, before reaching out and swiping one of the prawns from my carton of sweet and sour. “He’d call you Sir if you spanked him.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“He’s adorably high-handed where you’re concerned, isn’t he?”My eyes slide closed. “With anyone.” “No,” he says thoughtfully. “Only you. He really can’t be bothered with anyone else, unless they’re connected to you. You’re all he sees.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“He flushes slightly. “I was mad about him when I was fifteen.”“How didn’t I know this?” I say indignantly. “We tell each other everything.”“Not anymore,” Dylan adds hastily, looking at Gabe, but he shrugs unconcerned.“Don’t try and cover it up, Dylan. Jude’s our very own Camilla - the third person in our relationship.”“Why am I the old woman in this scenario?” I say indignantly. “I want to be the younger, much fitter princess, who captured people’s hearts and minds.”“You would have been, babe,” Dylan says hastily. “And you’d look way better with a tiara than she does.”“I would,” I nod firmly. “I would be a very desirable addition to the royal family, and a very stabilizing influence, if I do say so myself. I also have a full head of my own hair.”Gabe shakes his head. “I’m worried that I not only follow these odd flights of fancy, but I find myself actually wanting to weigh in with my own opinions.”“What did you want to say?” Dylan asks immediately, but he shakes his head.“I said I wanted to, not that I was going to. I’m looking through the windows of the mental asylum, not going through the door.” ― Lily Morton, Deal Maker
“Forever?” I say softly, and Asa buries his head in my neck. I shiver as I feel, as well as hear his words falling into the air like a magical incantation. “It’s a deal, Jude.” ― Lily Morton, Deal Maker
“I smile limpidly at him. “I am a bit of a flibbertigibbet. My teachers always used to say so.” “Did you go to school in the 1850’s then?” ― Lily Morton, Deal Maker
“I feel something snap and settle in me. It's the last piece of my heart, falling for him without any input from me at all.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“Sometimes we think that a certain path in life is the way we have to go. We see other routes, but we avoid them because we’re so insistent they’re not for us, that we might get lost or hurt. Then sometimes fate sets in, and someone takes your hand or waves you over. You step off your chosen path, and find that although this one is new and scary, somehow your feet know the way to navigate it. You might even find that it leads you the way that you were always meant to go.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“He huffs. “Well, because ofPhillip. Oh, I’m sorry.” He puts his hand over his mouth. “Was I not allowed tosay his name?”“He’s not Voldemort,” I mutter,and Asa laughs,” ― Lily Morton, Deal Maker
“Gabe, you’re sick, and much as you’re a shithead sometimes, I’ve trained you to be a fairly acceptable shithead to me. If you died I’d have to go to all the effort of training someone else.”“If I died maybe you should consider a change of career into the nursing profession. With your lovely bedside manner you’d be a shoo-in.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“Everyone is entitled to love who they want, and people aren’t weird just because of who they love. No one is weird.” ― Lily Morton, Deal Maker
“Yes, Cinderella won a real prize - a man who couldn’t see her true worth until she fitted in the shoe properly.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“My Jude. My best friend, my lover and my heart.” ― Lily Morton, Deal Maker
“All good sex comes with a side order of inappropriate laughter.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“That brings me back to my predicament, and I stare at the closed front door. “Speaking of my new living arrangements, what would be the good answer when someone demands a password before they’ll let you in?”There’s a long pause, and then he snorts. “Oh my God, where are you going to stay? Is it a sex club? Is it the password for the dungeons?” He starts to laugh. “If that’s the case, I’d go with red botty.” ― Lily Morton, Deal Maker
“Ask me,” I say quietly. I smile tenderly. “I guarantee I’m going to say yes.” ― Lily Morton, Oz
“He’s lovely,” I say, putting my hand out to the dog. “What’s his name?”“Boris Johnson.”I blink. “Pardon?”He smiles. “Because he’s blond and stupid and makes very questionable decisions.” ― Lily Morton, Oz
“The truth is that I will always need you more than you need me. It’s also the truth that I’m not a good bet for someone as vital and young as you. I’m bad tempered, a perfectionist who is too serious, and too used to being on my own. You could go out tomorrow and find someone better for you, but the truth is that no one will ever need you like I do.” He pauses and then says firmly. “No one will ever love you like I do.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“To: Gabe Foster From: Dylan Mitchell I have prepared the fourth pot of coffee for you to taste. I pray that this one meets your exacting taste buds, because I do actually have plans for the rest of my life.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“Shithead Boss Man, eh? You know, Dylan, I really lucked out in the assistant department. The other partners in the firm have ended up with someone awful, who soothes them, is at their beck and call and agrees with them all the time. I got one who is sarcastic, argumentative, scruffy, rarely where he should be, and calls me Shithead Boss Man rather than Sir.”Jude laughs at him, before reaching out and swiping one of the prawns from my carton of sweet and sour. “He’d call you Sir if you spanked him.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“He’s adorably high-handed where you’re concerned, isn’t he?”My eyes slide closed. “With anyone.” “No,” he says thoughtfully. “Only you. He really can’t be bothered with anyone else, unless they’re connected to you. You’re all he sees.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“He flushes slightly. “I was mad about him when I was fifteen.”“How didn’t I know this?” I say indignantly. “We tell each other everything.”“Not anymore,” Dylan adds hastily, looking at Gabe, but he shrugs unconcerned.“Don’t try and cover it up, Dylan. Jude’s our very own Camilla - the third person in our relationship.”“Why am I the old woman in this scenario?” I say indignantly. “I want to be the younger, much fitter princess, who captured people’s hearts and minds.”“You would have been, babe,” Dylan says hastily. “And you’d look way better with a tiara than she does.”“I would,” I nod firmly. “I would be a very desirable addition to the royal family, and a very stabilizing influence, if I do say so myself. I also have a full head of my own hair.”Gabe shakes his head. “I’m worried that I not only follow these odd flights of fancy, but I find myself actually wanting to weigh in with my own opinions.”“What did you want to say?” Dylan asks immediately, but he shakes his head.“I said I wanted to, not that I was going to. I’m looking through the windows of the mental asylum, not going through the door.” ― Lily Morton, Deal Maker
“Forever?” I say softly, and Asa buries his head in my neck. I shiver as I feel, as well as hear his words falling into the air like a magical incantation. “It’s a deal, Jude.” ― Lily Morton, Deal Maker
“I smile limpidly at him. “I am a bit of a flibbertigibbet. My teachers always used to say so.” “Did you go to school in the 1850’s then?” ― Lily Morton, Deal Maker
“I feel something snap and settle in me. It's the last piece of my heart, falling for him without any input from me at all.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“Sometimes we think that a certain path in life is the way we have to go. We see other routes, but we avoid them because we’re so insistent they’re not for us, that we might get lost or hurt. Then sometimes fate sets in, and someone takes your hand or waves you over. You step off your chosen path, and find that although this one is new and scary, somehow your feet know the way to navigate it. You might even find that it leads you the way that you were always meant to go.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“He huffs. “Well, because ofPhillip. Oh, I’m sorry.” He puts his hand over his mouth. “Was I not allowed tosay his name?”“He’s not Voldemort,” I mutter,and Asa laughs,” ― Lily Morton, Deal Maker
“Gabe, you’re sick, and much as you’re a shithead sometimes, I’ve trained you to be a fairly acceptable shithead to me. If you died I’d have to go to all the effort of training someone else.”“If I died maybe you should consider a change of career into the nursing profession. With your lovely bedside manner you’d be a shoo-in.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“Everyone is entitled to love who they want, and people aren’t weird just because of who they love. No one is weird.” ― Lily Morton, Deal Maker
“Yes, Cinderella won a real prize - a man who couldn’t see her true worth until she fitted in the shoe properly.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“My Jude. My best friend, my lover and my heart.” ― Lily Morton, Deal Maker
“All good sex comes with a side order of inappropriate laughter.” ― Lily Morton, Rule Breaker
“That brings me back to my predicament, and I stare at the closed front door. “Speaking of my new living arrangements, what would be the good answer when someone demands a password before they’ll let you in?”There’s a long pause, and then he snorts. “Oh my God, where are you going to stay? Is it a sex club? Is it the password for the dungeons?” He starts to laugh. “If that’s the case, I’d go with red botty.” ― Lily Morton, Deal Maker
“Ask me,” I say quietly. I smile tenderly. “I guarantee I’m going to say yes.” ― Lily Morton, Oz
