Quotes from The Perfect Play

Jaci Burton ·  324 pages

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“I love you, asshole."
Then Gavin laughed. "Right back at you, dickhead.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


“Granted, physical attraction is what gets you in the door. But there has to be something beyond that to want to keep you there.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


“Bastard."
"You love me."
"Yes, I do. Now let me come.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


“You dance really well.”

“I took ballet lessons.”

She tilted her head back to search his face, certain he was joking. “You did not.”

“I did. Several of us on the team did. Good for coordination.”

Resisting the laugh that bubbled up in her throat, she said, “Somehow I can’t picture you in tights and a tutu.”

But he did laugh. “We made sure no one with a camera got within miles of the studio.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


“If he licked her there, she'd rob a bank for him.

When she felt his tongue glide across her throat, she quivered all over. Mick tightensed his hold on her, and the bastard did it again.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play



“She's important to me. What you think-or want- isn't. I love her. And if I lose her over this, you'll regret it.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


“Mom, I don't care if you're dating the guy who picks up our garbage, as long as he's nice to you.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


“Mick hadn’t become the NFL’S leading quarterback by lying back and playing dead.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


“She does love me. She's scared.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


“I'd love another kid like Nathan. Or maybe a little girl like you.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play



“I'm the lucky one, Tara. I have you; I have Nathan. I have the perfect life. Thank you.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


“You put your life on hold for me. And really, I get that. I appreciate that. But I'm not a baby anymore. Let go, Mom.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


“I want to play football for as long as my body will let me, and for as long as I can do a good job at it. And I want a wife. A son. Maybe another kid.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


“Heaven. I love the way you fit inside me.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


“I love you. I've missed you. I've been so stupid.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play



“Then quit sitting here like a whiny pussy and go do something about it.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


“I thought a lot about kissing you.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


“I'm scared Gavin. What if I can't do this?”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


“Just thought he might want to see me play.”
― Jaci Burton, quote from The Perfect Play


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