“There’s something magnetic about Jackson, and I can’t even put my finger on it. He’s unbelievably good looking, sure, but I’ve met good-looking men before. Is it the way that he’s beyond confident, like he knows you’re going to wind up in bed with him, it’s just a matter of when?”
―
Roxie Noir,
Ride
“I’m not having sex with him. I’d rather get into a bathtub full of wolverines,” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“the benefit of the doubt. I keep reminding myself over and over not to judge a book by its cover. People are invariably deeper and more complex than they seem at first.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“For all this sweet foreplay bullshit where we kiss like we’re lovers and not like we’re trying to destroy each other.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“You were never boring,” he says. “Never for a second have I found your company lacking. Not then and not now.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“Even from thirty feet away I can see the muscles in his forearm flex as he locks his fingers into the holes, testing a few different ones.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“But I want to be someone you can always trust. I want to always have your back. I want to always be there, behind you, and I want to be so constant you never have to think about whether I’m yours or not. I just am. I’m there. I’m there and I always am and you never have to wonder whether I’d hurt you, and can you believe I rehearsed” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“else” ― Roxie Noir, Best Fake Fiancé
“of French in college, and I know how to say rouge, thanks. “Don’t get to go to many five-star restaurants, I assume?” he asks, smugly sipping his water.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“I’ve been waiting all night to kiss you. I’ve been waiting since I left your house this morning.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“We’re real now. I’m fully prepared to admit to the world that Eli Loveless is my boyfriend.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“person who irritates the living daylights out of me until she takes her clothes off, at which point she becomes my own personal sex goddess, custom-built to satiate my physical desires.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“I almost ask him if that still matters. I almost say that what we discussed a month ago doesn’t have any bearing on where we are, right now, but I shy away from it. I’m afraid that it still matters to one of us, and ironically, it’s not” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“Levi’s wrestling bears or climbing trees or whatever he does up there. Daniel’s making beer and ferrying Rusty to ballet class. Seth’s doing the paperwork and trying to stay out of trouble. Caleb’s in California, hiking part of the Pacific Crest Trail before he starts working on his dissertation this fall.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“ranunculus,” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“And I do not think about Eli. Not even a little. I don’t think about the fact that his stupid smirk is actually hot as hell, about the fact that I want to shut him up by putting his mouth to better use, or the fact that his thick, ropy arms make me want to climb him like a tree.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“Keys, cell phone, wallet, beepers, watch, jewelry, belt, no weapons in the courthouse,” the guard drones. “Do you have any artificial body parts?” “No,” I” ― Roxie Noir, Best Fake Fiancé
“You’re pretty when you’re mad,” he says. “And I always did like pissing you off.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“Do you see this pie?” she asks me, her face and voice completely serious. I just sigh and cross my arms. “Eli.” “Yes, I see the pie.” “This is my pie,” she says. “I nearly had to stab your brother Levi with a fork to get it. And I love you, but if you try to eat it, I’ll stab you with a fork.” “I understand,” I say. “You want me to eat it while you’re asleep.” Violet does not look amused.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“I’m not having sex with him. I’d rather get into a bathtub full of wolverines,” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“the benefit of the doubt. I keep reminding myself over and over not to judge a book by its cover. People are invariably deeper and more complex than they seem at first.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“For all this sweet foreplay bullshit where we kiss like we’re lovers and not like we’re trying to destroy each other.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“You were never boring,” he says. “Never for a second have I found your company lacking. Not then and not now.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“Even from thirty feet away I can see the muscles in his forearm flex as he locks his fingers into the holes, testing a few different ones.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“But I want to be someone you can always trust. I want to always have your back. I want to always be there, behind you, and I want to be so constant you never have to think about whether I’m yours or not. I just am. I’m there. I’m there and I always am and you never have to wonder whether I’d hurt you, and can you believe I rehearsed” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“else” ― Roxie Noir, Best Fake Fiancé
“of French in college, and I know how to say rouge, thanks. “Don’t get to go to many five-star restaurants, I assume?” he asks, smugly sipping his water.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“I’ve been waiting all night to kiss you. I’ve been waiting since I left your house this morning.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“We’re real now. I’m fully prepared to admit to the world that Eli Loveless is my boyfriend.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“person who irritates the living daylights out of me until she takes her clothes off, at which point she becomes my own personal sex goddess, custom-built to satiate my physical desires.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“I almost ask him if that still matters. I almost say that what we discussed a month ago doesn’t have any bearing on where we are, right now, but I shy away from it. I’m afraid that it still matters to one of us, and ironically, it’s not” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“Levi’s wrestling bears or climbing trees or whatever he does up there. Daniel’s making beer and ferrying Rusty to ballet class. Seth’s doing the paperwork and trying to stay out of trouble. Caleb’s in California, hiking part of the Pacific Crest Trail before he starts working on his dissertation this fall.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“ranunculus,” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“And I do not think about Eli. Not even a little. I don’t think about the fact that his stupid smirk is actually hot as hell, about the fact that I want to shut him up by putting his mouth to better use, or the fact that his thick, ropy arms make me want to climb him like a tree.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“Keys, cell phone, wallet, beepers, watch, jewelry, belt, no weapons in the courthouse,” the guard drones. “Do you have any artificial body parts?” “No,” I” ― Roxie Noir, Best Fake Fiancé
“You’re pretty when you’re mad,” he says. “And I always did like pissing you off.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
“Do you see this pie?” she asks me, her face and voice completely serious. I just sigh and cross my arms. “Eli.” “Yes, I see the pie.” “This is my pie,” she says. “I nearly had to stab your brother Levi with a fork to get it. And I love you, but if you try to eat it, I’ll stab you with a fork.” “I understand,” I say. “You want me to eat it while you’re asleep.” Violet does not look amused.” ― Roxie Noir, Enemies With Benefits
