Lucia Franco Quotes

I wanted to be the one who eased the pain for him, to give him what he wanted. The sad reality of the story was I would never be that girl. And he would never be that man.

He was sin, a man wild with lust, and I loved that I was the reason for it.

I watched his control waver, and secretly for a selfish moment, I hoped it snapped.

We will both be our ruin if we do not stop while we are ahead.

I was sixteen. He was thirty-two. There were many laws we would break if we took another step.

We were a revolving door of temptation and persuasion.

Deep down, I think I was trying to find ways to justify his actions.

The way we understood love started with pain. Our love story wasn't an easy one, so our ending wouldn't be either.

His fingers sat low on my waist, and if I moved my hips just an inch more they would hit the throbbing spot begging for release.

A kiss was unspoken words tangled with raw feeling.

Relax for me, Malysh.

I looked at Konstantin and realized two things: I was about to get my ass handed to me and he didn't use many contractions.

Adrianna." His tone disagreed with himself and his body contradicted his words.

It puts the lotion on its skin or it gets the cock again.

I have been yours since the day you walked into World Cup, malysh. The moment I saw you, I knew that was it and that I would have you one day.

Our story isn't done, but the book is being forced closed.

He's all about preserving time and I'm curious to know why.

That's what you are, though. You're a fucking whore who I just happened to fall in love with.

That look right there is what's got my dick hard. Your body responding to my touch. You feel good and I feel good, sweetheart. It's that simple,

Submissive women are strong women, they just want someone who's stronger than them.

Anyone can make a baby, Alyssa, but it takes a real man to be a father.

We are a team—I exhale, you inhale. We fight together. We work together. It is an amazing feeling when you find someone who shares the same passion as you. The possibilities are endless. I am the beast beneath your beauty, pushing you. From here on out, we do it together. You come to me for anything and I will do everything in my power to make it happen.

There was no one else, Livy. No one else got what you got. Those were our moments, and ours alone.

When you change within yourself, the world around you will follow suit.

YA takoy ublyudkare'. Proklyatyy, yesli ya proklyat, yesli ne budu.

Reading is good for the soul and helps you escape reality for a little while.

You are so beautiful it hurts. You hold yourself together even during the toughest times. You are a force to be reckoned with, something no one will see coming

I read years ago that a horseshoe is supposed to protect from evil and negative energy, if you believe in that sort of thing.

We are a team—I exhale, you inhale.

James Riviera is the definition of sex.

Money can buy a lot of things, but it can't buy moments, and those are priceless.

What he says is exactly what I fear, because I feel the same.

Let go," he orders again, his voice low and in control. "Fly with me.

I want to say something slick, like "for five million you can do whatever you want," but I don't. Truth is, even without the money, I would let him touch me like this.

James was right. Letting go of my control and transferring it to him is empowering.

Which room is yours? The last thing I want is to fuck you on my daughter's bed.

If you don't leave now, I'm going to make you mine forever. It's what you want. It's what I fuckin' want, and we both know it. Last chance, sweetheart.

We met by a cruel chance of fate. Becoming your lover was part of the job, but falling for you… I had no control. I didn't stand a chance.

James?" "Hmm?" My jaw trembles. "Make love to me?" "Sweetheart, I've been making love to you all along.

Life is a collection of moments,

Life is a collection of moments," he reads. His voice washes over me and I lean in. "When I'm six feet under, my story will still be here because memories don't die. They'll live on.

We're gonna get too attached," I yell at his back before he leaves the room. My voice cracks a little, but that doesn't stop him from walking away. "Too fuckin' late for that, sweetheart.

The only thing I want is for someone to want me the way I want them. To want all of me, not just a few parts of me. I want to connect emotionally and mentally and just have fun with someone. Life's too fucking short.

Only you, Ria," he groaned, "only you. I cannot live without you or this feeling you bring me. I want to be in you every day, all day, for the rest of my life. I want to wake up next to you, make you only mine, and do this every fucking day. This is heaven. You are my everything.

The day could be shit, the absolute fuckin' worst kind of hell, but when you're with that person who just gets you, who makes you feel good just by smiling at them, who knows what you like, and likes it too, none of that shit matters anymore, because when you're lost inside them, everything fixes itself.

Sex is how you connect with another person. It's where you see their vulnerabilities and insecurities, where you want to make them forget everything but remind them you're there for them. When you're both into each other and understand each other's minds, it's a deeper connection. It's how the intimacy grows.

Then get lost inside me and I'll take care of us. I need you to, because I'm already lost to you. I'm fucked, Aubrey. I don't know what I'm going to do, because I already know when our time is up I'm not going to be able to watch you walk away. I'm just not. I don't know what our future holds, but I do know I want you in it.

Every song, every word, every melody, it's because of you. The music never stopped for me. You're part of everything I do, Livy. You're ingrained into my skin like a tattoo. It reminds me of where I came from, where it all started. I didn't want to lose that. Some days I come here and just stare at old pictures and I'm hit with a new song.

There was no one else, Livy. No one got what you got.

Stay with me. What we have is good.

I fought hard for you in the beginning, but if I can't have all of you, then I don't want any of you. This is a two-way street...

Music and Livy were a powerful concoction. Always had been in memory, but in the flesh it was exceedingly stimulating. It was a high he craved often, and coincidentally he’d just had his first dose. Luke was only getting started as it slowly crept its way through, invigorating the blood in his veins and transforming his deep thoughts into music once again.

Fine. Leave. If that’s what you want, then go. I hope you find what you’re looking for, but know this – I won’t be waiting for you when you come back, ‘cause baby, you’ll be back. This place is in your bones. Mark my words.

Don't think,” he demanded. “Just feel. Just feel the music and let it run through you. Feel it up in here,” Luke drawled as he placed the back of his knuckles to the side of her face and began a tantalizing downward spiral. “And let it flow slowly through you here,” he finished grazing over her heart. His voice was a steady deep hum of intense desire as he ran the back of his hand down her neck and over her chest, then around the curve of her breast exceedingly slow. His thumb swept out and grazed the fullness of her breast, lingering while he stared into her eyes and then moved down to her waist. Olivia’s body alighted with hunger as she struggled not to tremble from his touch. It wasn’t right, yet she couldn’t control her body’s reaction. She shouldn’t be craving his touch, yet she burned for it badly. “Let it take you away and live in the moment with me,” he tugged her closer to him, tightening his arms around her.

We do what is required to get through each day to survive. Some days are harder than others, and we may not be able to look at ourselves in the mirror, but we do what we have to do.

This is not me fucking you, this is me making love to you, because, Ya lyublyu tebya, malysh. Ya lyublyu tebya.

I was wholly addicted to him and the sexuality he brought out in me. How amazing it was. There were no words for what he made me feel, only that I wanted it all the time.

I love that you marked me. It took every ounce of self-control I had not to tear your clothes off and have you do it while I fucked you.

couldn't come every time. And when I finally did, I had to think about you. It was the only way I could finish, imagining you were fucking me. You have ruined me for all other men.

Sometimes the most heartbreaking memories are the most heartfelt ones we can never let go of. You had a good time, and you'll remember that feeling it gave you. You'll smile and wonder where that person ended up and how their life is going. Nostalgia will hit and you'll smile. There's something to be learned. It's why you hold onto them.

Reverse Grip A swing around the bar back-first with arms rotated inwards and hands facing upwards.

Toe On Swing around the bar with body piked so much the feet are on the bar. Tsavdaridou Performed on beam, a round-off back handspring with full twist to swing down. Tuck The knees and hips are bent and drawn into the chest, the body is folded at the waist. Twist The gymnast rotates around the body's longitudinal axis, defined by the spine. Performed on all apparatuses. Yurchenko Round-off entry onto the board, back handspring onto the vaulting table and Salto off the vault table. The gymnast may twist on the way off.

Hinder played in the background, "Lips of an Angel," a song that I actually loved. In the quiet I listened to the lyrics clearly and understood why he liked it too. It could have been our anthem. Wanting to remain faithful to the one you chose versus yearning for the one you wanted. It was us wrapped up in a heartbreaking ballad.

All-Around A category of gymnastics that includes all the events. The all-around champion of an event earns the highest total score from all events combined. Amanar A Yurchenko-style vault, meaning the gymnast performs a round-off onto the board, a back handspring onto the vault with a two and a half twisting layout back flip. Cast A push off the bar with hips and lifts the body to straighten the shoulders and finish in handstand. Deduction Points taken off a gymnast's score for errors. Most deductions are pre-determined, such as a 0.5 deduction for a fall from an apparatus or a 0.1 deduction for stepping out of bounds on the floor exercise. Dismount The last skill in a gymnastics routine. For most events the method used to get off of the event apparatus. Elite International Elite, the highest level of gymnastics.

Giant Performed on bars, a swing in which the body is fully extended and moving through a 360 degree rotation around the bar. Full-In A full-twisting double back tuck, with the twist happening in the first back flip. It can be done in a tucked, piked, or layout position and is used in both men's and women's gymnastics. Free Hip Circle Performed on the uneven bars or high bar, the body circles around the bar without the body touching the bar. There are both front hip circles and back hip circles.

Heel Drive A termed used by coaches to inform the gymnasts they want them to drive their heels harder up and over on the front side of a handspring vault or front handspring on floor. Stronger heel drives create more rotation and potential for block and power. Hecht Mount A mount where the gymnast jumps off a spring board while keeping their arms straight, pushes off of the low bar, and catches the high bar. Inverted Cross Performed by men on the rings, it is an upside down cross. Iron Cross A strength move performed by men on the rings. The gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of their body while holding themselves up. Arms are perpendicular to the body. Jaeger Performed on bars, a gymnast swings from a front Giant and lets go of the bar, into a front flip and catches the bar again. Jaeger can be done in the straddle, pike, and layout position, and is occasionally performed in a tucked position. Kip The most commonly used mount for bars, the gymnast glides forward, pulls their feet to the bar, then pushes up to front support, resting their hips on the bar. Layout A stretched body position.

Layout Timers A drill that simulates the feel of a skill, or the set for a skill without the risk of completing the skill. Lines Straight, perfect lines of the body. Overshoot, also known as Bail A transition from the high bar facing the low bar. The gymnast swings up and over the low bar with a half-turn to catch the low bar ending in a handstand. Pike The body bent forward at the waist with the legs kept straight, an L position. Pirouette Used in both gymnastics and dance to refer to a turn around the body's longitudinal axis. It is used to refer to a handstand turning moves on bars. Rips In gymnastics, a rip occurs when a gymnast works so hard on the bars or rings they tear off a flap of skin from their hand. The injury is like a blister that breaks open. Release Leaving the bar to perform a skill before re-grasping it. Relevé This is a dance term that is often used in gymnastics. In a relevé, the gymnast is standing on toes and has straight legs.

Salto Flip or somersault, with the feet coming up over the head and the body rotating around the axis of the waist. Sequence Two or more skills performed together, creating a different skill or activity. Stick To land, and remain standing without requiring a step. A proper stick position is with legs bent, shoulders above hips, arms forward. Straddle Back An uneven bar transition done from a swing backwards on the high bar over low bar, while catching the low bar in a handstand. Tap Swing Performed on bars, an aggressive tap toward the ceiling in a swinging motion. This gives the gymnast the necessary momentum to swing around the bar to perform a Giant or to go into a release move.

Sophia shook her head. "You're not doubtful, you're emotional. You shouldn't doubt your decision, but you should be emotional over it.

Don't stress about the small shit. It won't mean anything in the end. Focus on what's important, the big picture. Your love of gymnastics. Just do you and you'll be okay.

You are my greatest weakness. From the moment I set eyes on you, I have been fighting my attraction.

You created this lie. We were never a team. You exhaled false promises and I inhaled your bullshit. You ran the show and I danced to your tune, trapped in this elite bubble of lies you created.

I knew myself and how I would react. He was a temptation I couldn't resist. I was a desire he craved. We were the worst and best kind of combination.

Go back to sleep, I've got you," he said, and laid a kiss to the back of my head.

Val can wait until this weekend," he says, and my brow creases in confusion. "We're going to Tahiti for a week. I already have it set up and cleared your schedule with your assistant, and I made sure the cats are well taken care of." My eyes widen in surprise, my heart rushing fast from excitement. Before I can respond, James says one more thing that makes me a goner for him all night. "Right now, give me my Aubrey and let me make music with her body.

I want us to have a place to call our own, where we can continue creating more moments. I want everything with you, Aubrey. A marriage, a home. I'm in this for life, sweetheart, and I'm ready to take the next step with you.

Everyone needs a hero, but you have to save yourself first before you can save everyone else.

I took a risk for you. Now take a risk for me and drop every fear you have ever had. Go out there and be defiant. Refuse to lose.

Gymnastics was all about having the courage to hang on but the strength to let go. I wish I knew how to apply that to my personal life.

Make love to me," I whisper. "I already told you, sweetheart. I've been making love to you the whole time.

Only you, Ria. Why do you think I cannot get enough? I have never felt like this with anyone else, and I do not know was it even is. All I know is that I am hooked on all of you. Hooked on your body, hooked on your smile, hooked on your personality, hooked on your ambition, hooked on you. I can only hope you feel the same way.

Kova had once said there was no Kova without Ria, but the truth was there was no Ria without Kova.

you don't just challenge your body with a dream, but you challenge your mind too.

Konstantin Kournakova was a beautiful tragedy I'd never forget.

Relax for me, Malysh,

It is me and you.

In another time, another world, that ring would be on your finger and you would not be fighting me. I would be making love to you all day, every day. I would not be with her.

I am a man, Ria, not some little boy who cannot last more than a minute. Remember that. I fuck all night long, not three minutes.

Time. You want time?" I stated again, fighting the tears. "I literally don't have the time to give you. Do you understand that? I don't have all the time in the world like you do. I'm sick, Kova. I only have now.

You have not made my life harder—if anything, you have made it brighter. Pozhaluysta, do not doubt that for one minute.

No, Kova was busy planning a future, while I was struggling to hold on to what was left of mine.

And you have me. You will always have me." Kova pressed a hard kiss to my lips. "Let me live with you.

I would live like every day was my last day. I wanted to live. And I wanted to do that with Kova.

I’d taught him how to find true happiness, and he’d showed me how strong I could be.

Whoever said "sticks and stones may break your bones but words will never hurt" was a total fucking liar.

He exhaled, and like always, I inhaled.

We took a risk on a love that was against the odds before it started, and we were stubborn enough to win.

We are a team—but the truth is, when you exhale, I inhale. Not the other way around. I might be the beast beneath your beauty pushing you to succeed, but you are the anchor that holds me steady in a churning ocean threatening to drown me. It is how it has been for me since day one, and it will continue to be that way. Always remember that.

you should know by now that I do not speak bullshit.

I was going to tell you I want Valentina tonight." Excitement sparkles in my eyes, but he shakes his head. "But I don't. I just want you. Always and forever, just…you, Aubrey.