" I swear, Oliver, when did you become such a stick-in-the-mud?”
“I’ve always been a stick-in-the-mud.” Her brother cast her a thin smile. “I just hid it beneath all the debauchery.”
She sniffed. “I wish you’d hide it again. It’s quite annoying. "

― Sabrina Jeffries , How to Woo a Reluctant Lady (Hellions of Halstead Hall, #3)