" Oh, good,” he muttered. “We’re going to discuss it now.”
“No discussion,” she said. Her mind was quite clear now, as though a fire had blazed through it, burning away all confusion. “It’s perfectly simple. No One Must
Ever Know.”
He came up onto one elbow and looked at her. “Do you know,” he said, “I can hear those five words in italics. Capitalized. "

― Loretta Chase , Scandal Wears Satin (The Dressmakers, #2)