" Elle eyed her lady’s maid. “Very well, what shall we discuss?” Romance. Elle smiled. “I thought that’s what we were talking about.” Not my romance! I meant yours. Elle’s wicked smile fell flat. “You are a wolf in a sheep’s fleece, Emele. I have told you before: nothing will happen between your master and me. Push off, and leave that topic alone.” And "

― K.M. Shea , Beauty and the Beast (Timeless Fairy Tales, #1)