kitap alıntısı #83, En Karanlık Günah (The Darkest Temptation) - Danielle Lori

        “That’s not what I want.”

        “A treasure chest of fake diamonds?” He wiped a tear away with a thumb, and the caress pulled honesty from my throat.

        “I want you to care...” The words settled so thick and uninvited in the room they made my ears ring. It went so silent one could hear a pin drop. Or a heart-shaped earring.

        Ronan’s hand dropped from my face, and with a harsh sound, he pushed away from me. “You’re a goddamn headache, you know that?”

        His reaction hit me in the chest. I was the headache? He was the one who was so hot and cold, he gave me whiplash. I may be embarrassing myself again, but at the end of this, I would regret not having told him the truth. I would regret acting as if I didn’t care. Now, he knew, and clearly, he didn’t mean I could have “anything” by his look of disgust. This was turning out to be a really shitty day.

        “I guess I’ll take the fake diamonds then,” I muttered and headed to the door.

        “I feed my captive vegan,” he growled.

        The force of his voice stilled me.

        “She spends her days doing yoga and playing in the yard and her nights reading classics by the fireplace.” His sardonic tone lacked humor.

        I couldn’t decide if he was insulting me or showing he did care in his own twisted way. I wanted to hear more, but all I could do was turn around and accuse, “You’ve been spying on me.”

        “Be quiet,” he snapped. “This is my monologue.”

        I closed my mouth.

        “Keeping you here is a slap in the face to my men, but it seems I don’t give a fuck about that.” The eye contact seared. “The longer I put off revenge, the closer I get to another war with your papa. And I don’t give a fuck about that either.”

        My throat tightened at the thought I was a source of that kind of violence. I had no idea my presence here had caused so much trouble.

        His gaze narrowed. “You pull a trigger on me, and I can’t even leave you out in the cold for fifteen fucking minutes. So you tell me, Mila, who cares more here?”

- Danielle Lori, The Darkest Temptation (Made #3)