Seven Year Itch

“It was always you that hated me, Ace. I’ve just been defending myself around you for the past seven years. I don’t hate you. I don’t particularly like you . . . but I don’t hate you.”

“I’ve wanted to fuck you all night long. On the drive to your house I wanted to fuck you. I wanted to fuck you the moment you stepped out of your house. And I desperately wanted to fuck you when you were on that stage making your big speech. You, Ace. It’s all about fucking you, because despite being a pain in my ass, you are all I want.”

“He never wanted to be anything less than perfect in front of you. But the hard truth is he needed someone to take him seriously before he could take himself seriously.”

“You’re a ten. You’re a pain-in-the-ass ten.”

“The time for me to let a man have any control over what I feel in the bedroom or out is over.”

“It’s not big. It’s chill, casual sex. We’re fuck buddies. No feelings involved.”

“I don’t think I ever really hated you, Calder. I think I just hated that you pieced something together about my marriage before I did, and that was humiliating. How did I not see how wrong Randal was? How did I not know it was a mistake?”

“For the past fucking month, I can’t think of you without getting hard. But for once in my whole damn life, I cared about more than just sex. I cared about making you feel special. I cared about watching you shine. I cared about my family and friends seeing you in your element because I was proud as fuck of you. So proud I felt smug . . . like . . . look at this chick I get to call mine. Be fucking jealous, universe.”

“The truth is, your father was a mess until he met me . . . in his personal life and his business. If it wasn’t for me, he would have been whoring around town and working road crew for that concrete company still.”

“I’m just happy to see you glowing, girl. Randal tried to suck all the joy out of you, but I can tell that you are in a really good space. Even if this enemy stays an enemy, at least he’s helping you get your sex sparkle back.”

“You don’t have to like me to fuck me.”

“I just know I don’t want to end up in another relationship where I’m insecure and letting a man get in my head. And I think a little foray with some sex-positive individuals will help me with that.”

“From the moment I met you, I could see that. You had the world by the fucking balls . . . and you did whatever you wanted. Only a guy with zero fucking common sense would somehow miss the fact that you are limitless.”

“It’s about not letting yourself be numbered by anyone when you’re fucking infinite.”

“I look at toys as teammates, not competition. They just add a level of excitement and variety. They encourage open communication as you navigate the toy and figure out what works and doesn’t work. They can prolong a sexual experience and help you bond with your partner.”