" Presley Marks, would you go to dinner with me?”
“This sounds more and more like a date. And my answer is still no.”
“But you still haven’t given me a good reason.”
She shrugged. “I think you’re ugly.”
My laughter filled the room. Christ. When had a woman called me ugly? Even that hadn’t happened at fourteen. “Liar”. "

― Devney Perry , Stone Princess (Clifton Forge, #3)