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" So are you saying you'd turn him away if he knocked on your door tonight?"
"He's not going to knock on my door." But at the thought of it, my entire body warmed.
"But if he did," she pushed. "What would you do?"
"Hmmm. Is he wearing clothes?"
"Let's say he's shirtless."
"Damn. Is his hair doing that thing in the front?"
"Definitely. And he smells good. Like, really good."
"Ugh, that's so annoying." I sighed. "Ideally, I like to think I'd be strong enough to be the first female in his life to resist him." Turning around, I faced her. "Realistically, though, I'd probably think about it for two seconds, then jump his bones."
She cackled with glee. "I knew it. "
― Melanie Harlow , Call Me Crazy (Bellamy Creek, #3)
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" On the way I stopped at a drugstore and bought a card, some candy, a bunch of pink and red flowers, and a box of newborn diapers.
"They're not for me," I snapped at the checkout girl, who looked at me like I was nuts.
"Okay," she said.
"I meant, I don't have a baby. I don't want one."
"Okay."
"Not everyone wants kids. Some people just don't, and that doesn't mean their lives aren't complete. My life is plenty complete."
"Right," she said, glancing around.
I grabbed the bags and got out of there before the poor thing called security on me. "
― Melanie Harlow , Insatiable (Cloverleigh Farms, #3)
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" And I need something for the bake sale this afternoon," she added.
"What bake sale?"
Another eye roll, accompanied by a foot stomp. "Daddy! The fundraiser for the eighth grade trip to Washington, DC! I've told you about a hundred times."
I jumped off the bed and hitched up my flannel pajama pants. "Eighth grade! What the fuck, Millie, you're only in sixth. That trip is two years away--no wonder I filed that under Forget This Immediately." I went over to my dresser and grabbed a USMC sweatshirt, pulling it on over my T-shirt.
That earned me a heavy sigh. "That's a dollar in the jar, Dad."
"No, it's not! I was only at fifty cents."
"The F word is a whole dollar, Daddy," Felicity informed me.
"Oh, right." I paused. "You know what? It's worth it. "
― Melanie Harlow , Irresistible (Cloverleigh Farms, #1)
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" I did love being an uncle to their kids, eight-year-old Harrison, six-year-old Violet, and fourteen-month-old Ethan. Any day now they'd add that fourth to their brood, and my mother was constantly pestering me about catching up, as if we were in some kind of reproductive race.
In fact, she kept one section on her mantel purposefully empty, and she claimed she was waiting for me to get married and have kids so she could put something there. Every so often when I'm at her place, she'll find a moment to stare at it and sigh longingly, or dust it off with a rag. Last Christmas, I gave her a framed photo of Renzo and me and told her that was as good as it was going to get. She harrumphed, but she kept the photo on proud display. She loved that dog almost as much as I did. "
― Melanie Harlow , Insatiable (Cloverleigh Farms, #3)
