" She blinked up at him in confusion. “What happened?”
“The horse reared and fell.” Christopher’s voice came out in a rasp. “Tell me your name.”
“Why are you asking me that?”
“Your name,” he insisted.
“Beatrix Heloise Hathaway.” She looked at him with round blue eyes. “Now that we know who I am…who are you?”
At Christopher’s expression, Beatrix snickered and wrinkled her nose impishly. “I’m teasing. Really. I know who you are. I’m perfectly all right.”
Over Christopher’s shoulder, Beatrix caught sight of Leo shaking his head in warning, drawing a finger across his throat. "
― Lisa Kleypas , Love in the Afternoon (The Hathaways, #5)