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With him, your life is in danger. With me? The world is. No one touches my wife.
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Do you think the devil would let his bride run from him?
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Your safe word is βis tΓΊ mo rogha.β Use it when you really want me to stop. I wonβt until you use it, am I clear?
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Youβre not a pawn. Youβre my queen, and you rule me, my rebel queen of diamonds.
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You think you can touch my wife?
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You thought you could lay a hand on my wife without consequences?
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After a few more minutes of listening to him blubbering, I smooth my lapels and sigh with a shrug at Suzette. βWhile weβre waiting, Iβll have a seltzer water, please, if you donβt mind.
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The house always wins, motherfucker.
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Thank youβ¦ for everything,β I murmur. βI would do anything for you, tine.
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Call your mother, Lace. Youβre not going to make it to your wedding.
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Youβve heard the people. Do you dare disobey them?β The devilβs voice is like warm velvet. βDo you dare disobey me?
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He holds me protectively, but he fucks me like he owns me. Iβve given in to him completely.
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But love is practically old-fashioned in our world.β βNot in mine.
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I canβt decide whether youβre my savior or my worst nightmare.β βBest think of me as both then, itβs safer that way.
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What has been bound together, let no man unbind. What God has joined together, let no man separate.
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nothing can keep our two flames apart.
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If you mark me again, bride, you'll be marking me forever, and I'll have to do the same.
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talk about my wife again and even the fish won't feed off what's left of you. Got it?
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You can make me do a lot of thing, wife. Love you. Kill for you. Die for you. But don't make me leave you
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You can make me do a lot of things, wife. Love you. Kill for you. Die for you. But don't make me leave you
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Make him hurt.β A wicked smile curves his lips before he gently kisses my forehead. βYou have my word, tine.
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Feck, I love this fire in her,
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I wanted to stay buried inside you for the rest of my life.
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This ends now,β I growl. βAnd how does it end, Devil?β she asks breathlessly, wicked temptation in her eyes as she wraps her arms around my neck, deciding her fate for me. βWith the devil fucking his bride.
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If you mark me again, bride, youβll be marking me forever, and Iβll have to do the same.
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I didnβt care about it before, but now I do.β βSo, um, what changed?β βNo one else was my wife.
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Iβm yours.β βAnd Iβm yours.
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Do you think youβre in charge, wife?β he whispers against my neck. βBecause you are. You have me, Lace. Iβm yours. Take what you need from me.
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There it is, baby. Fuck, Iβve needed you.
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Donβt look at me like that,β she whispers under her breath with a shy smile. I lean in, brushing the shell of her ear with my lips as I speak my filthy thoughts just for her. βLike what? Like I want to fuck you in front of all these people and God himself?
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Iβm no fecking hero. But Iβd do anything to keep you safe.
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You were the quiet girl, the rebel, and the free spirit. The Garde may keep you caged, but you rattle the bars every chance you get.
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It made me hate you even as I fell in love with you.
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Love should be more than hushed conversations and stolen touches.
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Iβm not an animal meant to be tamed.
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Whatever happens in Rouge, stays in Rouge.
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Noβ¦ youβre married to me,β I say slowly. Her eyes keep flicking to my towel, so I rest my hand on the doorframe just above her head and wait with pleasure as her gorgeous blue eyes snap up to meet mine.
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Talk about my wife again, and even the fish wonβt feed off whatβs left of you. Got it?
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Iβm not the first guy youβve slept with,β I whisper and smile into her neck as I begin to slowly move inside her. Iβm the last.
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I donβt believe in love,β I whisper, not letting myself second-guess the moment this time. βBut I thinkβin another life, I think I could have fallen for a guy like you.
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Kian! The guests! The reception. We have to go mingle.β She giggles. βOh, you and I are going to fecking mingle, Lacey McKennon.
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So many men demand respect by ruling with an iron fist, but they could be loved if only they gave us their tears.
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With him, your life is in danger.
With me? The world is.
No one touches my wife
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Whou would've guessed the wild ace had a heart?
Only for his queen of diamonds
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Who could've guessed the wild ace had a heart?"
"Only for his queen of diamonds.
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