Julie Garwood Quote

He held her gaze steady while he summarized her promises. She will honor me, protect me, obey me only when she believes I'm being reasonable—but I shouldn't hold out hope that that day will ever come—try to love me before she's an old woman, and I'd better get it straight in my mind that she will respect me until or unless I do something to prove I'm not worthy, and God save me then. Have I left anything out, Brenna?

The Wedding (ed. Penguin, 2011) - ISBN: 9781101533550