He kissed her lips as if he was punishing her, but the pain in his heart was like an endless blaze of fire.

Serena didn't struggle, because there was no difference between being a slut once and being a slut a million times over.

Maxwell avoided the spot where she'd been hurt and half braced himself to take her.

The entanglement had a biting flavor to it, and near the end, he looked up to kiss him, but she dodged it.

The sight of her icy face suddenly awakened him to the fact that it was only he who was sinking.

She was always calm, restrained, and cruel.

As if...