Collette West

“Maybe I am the eye candy on the team, but the only mouth I plan on melting in is hers.”

“Locks or no locks, you're not going to cage me in.”

“That's just it. What if I can't protect you? I'll be outnumbered, outgunned. What if I can't get you out of there?”

“His eyes meet mine, and for a moment everything seems like it'll be okay. More than okay, actually.”

“You have nothing to feel insecure about. It's a thing of beauty for a man to have a real woman to hold onto. All the models and actresses I've been with are so friggin' thin, I swear their chests are flatter than mine. But you, on the other hand, have one killer body. I can't keep my hands off you, baby, your curves drive me crazy.”

“He has the body of a professional athlete, chiseled to perfection in all the right places.”

“His lips are against my ear and I feel the warmth of his body surrounding me, caging me in, comforting me.”

“I've never been jealous of another teammate. Sure, some guys are faster than I am, stronger than I am, but none of them have ever tried to steal the girl I love away from me.”

“Stiff, huh? I think seeing you roll around on the floor in that tight little outfit accomplished that.”

“I have nothing to make me feel good, except for you. The last thing I want to do is turn you into my new drug of choice.”

“I wanna explore your body. I wanna kiss my way up and down it all night long.”

“Having a woman on the team is stirring things inside me that I never felt before while on the job.”

“Wow, I didn’t even hesitate to call her my girlfriend. That’s a first.”

“I've lied all my life. I'm just now learning how to tell the truth, and I'm not going to start playing games again, especially not with you.”

“I told you. I don't do soft and gentle.”

“So you're saying your kissing me back was just a pity thing? Because it sure didn't feel that way to me.”

“You saw where I come from. No matter what I do or how I act, I'll always be the scum of the earth. I am who I am, and there's nothing you or anybody else can do to change that.”

“This girl owns me, whether she realizes it or not. I'm a slave to her will.”

“I can't give up on anyone either, even someone who's burned every bridge like Drake Schultz. Getting him to deal with his insecurities and whatever it is he's trying to hide. It's this never-ending cycle of self-hatred that I have to address before I can even think about doing anything else with him. I have to put him to the test. Just how far gone is he? How good of a liar has he become?”

“Movement means freedom. That's what life's all about.”