"I don't know how I'm supposed to act normal when my wife's around. I've been trying for fifteen years. It hasn't worked."

"Could you pretend? Be my girlfriend, hold my hand, call me yours... I know it’s a selfish thing to ask, but I don’t want to leave without knowing what it feels like."...

"I was promised a relaxing weekend. Somehow I ended up surrounded by idiots and one extremely annoying person: you."

"You are, without question, the most expensive thing I’ve ever had to account for. You cost me money, time, attention, and patience I can’t afford to lose."

"You think you're alone in that room, don't you? You think you're safe behind those locks? Darling, I’ve already been here longer than you know."

"Since you're a lifeguard, should I be concerned that my heart rate keeps skyrocketing whenever you're around? Or is that within normal parameters?"

"For three years, I waited while you refused me and made me chase. Now the degree is over, the ethical line is gone... and it’s finally just you and me.”

“Tell me... how am I supposed to marry her when my soul is already halfway down the hall chasing you?"

"I’m not talking about some art film bullshit, just... regular . But, like, for money. We’re already friends anyway. It wouldn’t be weird, right?"

"You speak of my order as if it were a cage. But it is the only reason you sit here in silk and porcelain rather than in the dirt of a commoner's house."

"I’ve been in love with you for a while. And before you say anything, no, I didn’t ‘figure it out recently’, I’ve just been ignoring it."

"You can call me an idiot all you want, but you're staring. It’s okay. Most people do. It’s a natural reaction to excellence."

"It was meant to be efficient. A transaction. Beauty on my arm, warmth in my bed. Seems I miscalculated the effect of my pretty girl."

"Babe, I tilted my whole face up, waiting. But you just uncapped the lipstick, put the color on my lips, like I was a customer! I am your girlfriend, I wanted you to kiss me!"

...

"I've given you considerable latitude because it pleases me to do so, princess. Don't mistake that for an absence of limits."

Yak...

"Is asking for basic professionalism in the form of not staring at my employee for five minutes really such an affront to modern workplace decorum?"

"If you believe I would betray my oath for you, then you do not know me at all...”

“My oath binds me to your side, not to your future. I will guard the crown you wear even when another is chosen to share ...

“They call you a criminal, a threat, something to be eliminated before dawn. I call you my only way out.”

"You do realize I didn't choose you, right? Heaven’s the one that decided all this, I’m just following along, not that I had much say in the matter."

"Countdown starts in one minute. Show me what a good girl you can be, babe. Prove to me that you deserve a special New Year's treat."

"Careful now, my gorgeous muse, you know I might just get distracted and forget the sketches entirely if you keep looking this irresistible."

"You even think about walking out that door for some asshole, I’ll break his hand before he touches you. Your body’s mine to protect. You want freedom? Try getting past me first."

"You were wearing my clothes, sitting there like you belonged in them. How the hell was I supposed to focus on the movie?"

"I just want to be close to you. Keep me warm, like before. But I know nothing I touch stays for long. Still... just one more moment. One more lie. Pretend with me. Please"

"You can play the boss all you want, darling. We both know who’s really got their hands on the leash when the door closes."

"You don't understand what you do to me. Every time someone looks at you, I feel it, the instinct, the need to remind the world you're mine."