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21 " The sunshine in her smile seeped into him, warming him as it had for days. She wore a simple cotton dress borrowed from a girl in the village for the trip to the accident site. It was white with bits of lace at the cuffs and neckline, making her seem young, innocent, and full of life. And he had nearly robbed her of that life. "
― Harper St. George , The Devil and the Heiress (The Gilded Age Heiresses, #2)
22 " She stared at him, unable to believe that Christian had sold the one thing that had mean the most to him, the one thing that had started all of this. Without his love for Blythkirk, and the fire that had nearly destroyed it, he wouldn't have attempted to run away with her. "Blink if he sold Blythkirk."He blinked. "
23 " That was your home. It was a place you loved, and I won't have you selling it for me.""It was not my home. I thought it mattered, but it doesn't." You are all that matters. "It was a shell of a building. I know what real loss feels like now, and that was a mere echo. "
24 " Had he read about Lord Lucifer? Did he know the man was him? Had he read the sinful thoughts Miss Hamilton had about him? Violet had written them too honestly and explicitly for publication. She had intended to go back and edit out some of the more wicked lines. They had been little more than girlish fantasies she had set to paper. Those lines came out to torment her now.He was depravity and his name was Lord Lucifer, the dark angel himself come to earth to tempt innocents. Rose had never so wanted to be debauched as when he gazed upon her.And this one: She stared at his mouth, the sensual lips and pink tongue licking at the drop of honey, and she longed to feel him licking at her.Oh, dear God! Neither of those were ever meant to see the light of day. She had written the last one in a heated moment after coming home from a ball where he had eaten a honey-drenched fig. "
25 " My birth does instill in me certain privileges, but it is my fault for being blind to them."Just like that, she felt her defenses lowering. Pleased with his answer, she smiled at him. "No one has ever told you no, have they, my lord?"He grinned, revealing that tiny dimple in his cheek that sometimes made an appearance. "It happens. Occasionally.""It should happen more often. "
26 " He gently grasped her fingers. To touch her again after a week apart was bliss; heat and the faint hum of a current seemed to work its way up his arm to settle in his belly. His body recognized her immediately as need tore swiftly through him, the need to hold her against him and inhale her sweet scent, to feel the beat of her heart. The gold ring held a rose-cut emerald set in the middle of two matching diamonds with a scrollwork band. "
27 " We should celebrate. And then we'll celebrate again when your second manuscript is finished."She shook her head again. "Then we should have a double celebration tonight. I already finished it.""You did?""It's all I could think of these past months. Lord Lucifer and his annoying brooding. He wouldn't leave me alone."She giggled when he tackled her to the bed, rising over her. "I'm glad he tormented you as you tormented me. "
28 " He found her weakness without even trying- a man whose confidence outweighed his arrogance was a dangerous creature indeed. "
29 " When you love someone, I don’t think the passing years mean very much. Yesterday, or several years, the pain of their loss is still there.” The ache came back to his throat, forcing him to swallow several times. "
― Harper St. George , The Heiress Gets a Duke (The Gilded Age Heiresses, #1)
30 " His overt wildness should have deterred her interest, but it had the opposite effect. She wanted something. To know him. To have some claim to him. "
― Harper St. George , Her Forbidden Gunslinger
31 " I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives, but as nouns. "
32 " That family doesn’t produce biddable females, do they? What will you do?” “Show her that I can give her what she wants.” “That easy, huh?” Jacob raised a skeptical dark brow. “Women are simple, brother. There’s no secret to controlling them. Keep them well-bed and well-fed, and they tend to do as you ask.” His brother threw back his head and laughed. “God, I hope she marries you.” “You say that as if it will be a bad thing.” Christian frowned. “On the contrary. It will prove to be highly entertaining. "
33 " She brushed past him, her feet bare on the cold wood floor, but he seized her, his fingers tightening on the back of her neck as he dragged her back to him. “Forgive me?” he whispered into her hair as his arms went around her, cradling her against his chest, all the while conscious of her wounded side. His fingers massaged the back of her scalp as he placed kisses to her unmarred temple. “Please. You are precious to me, and my words were thoughtless. "
34 " Violet.” His voice was above her. She opened her eyes to see him staring down at her, a fine edge of pain on his face. “I need to fuck you.” The crude words should have been shocking. She had only ever heard that word in jokes the workmen would shout at one another at Crenshaw Iron. But when Christian said them, they transferred his desperate need to her, so that she shared his fervor. “Yes. Please "
35 " She was too good at hiding behind the polite mask she had perfected years ago. One might think her cold, but only if one were too stupid to see the fire shining in her eyes. "
― Harper St. George , The Lady Tempts an Heir (The Gilded Age Heiresses, #3)
36 " What will you do?” “Show her that I can give her what she wants.” “That easy, huh?” Jacob raised a skeptical dark brow. “Women are simple, brother. There’s no secret to controlling them. Keep them well-bed and well-fed, and they tend to do as you ask.” His brother threw back his head and laughed. “God, I hope she marries you. "
37 " I want you to know that what happened with me and your mom happened because we didn’t really try to make it work. We just kept going, as if that was all it took. "
― Harper St. George , Dirty Boxing (Blood and Glory, #1)
