J.K. Coi quotes:

He was struck dumb by her brilliant blue eyes. Eyes that could drag a man out of the darkest hole and into the light.

He liked confidence in a woman. And intelligence. And apparently he liked sass, all wrapped up in a straight-laced, tight-lipped bodyguard.

She looked at his outstretched hand, seeing it for what it was. A challenge. An invitation. A promise. They could never be just a "fling." A fling was something you didn't put your heart into.