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1 " All you can do is your best. The rest?" Samuel shrugged. "You live with it. "
― Grace Callaway , Her Protector's Pleasure (Mayhem in Mayfair, #3)
2 " Self-possession is an excellent mask for insecurity," Marianne said wryly. "
3 " Devil take it, you sent the note to deliberately goad me, didn't you? Why?" "We need to talk," she said. He braced his hands on his hips. "Why didn't you simply invite me over to tea, you infuriating woman?" "Conventionality has never been my way. "
4 " with a swiftness that stole her breath, he yanked her against him - "here is your compliment." "Oh," she sighed. His unmistakable tribute pressed against her belly like an iron bar; her thighs trembled. "I do believe that is the largest compliment I have ever received." "I plan to flatter you all night long. "
5 " Never, ever had he lost control with Jane or any other woman. He'd never experienced the urge to tear the clothes from Jane's body. To grasp her hair in his palms and back her against a wall. To shove himself so hard and deep inside her that nothing but desire remained in her eyes. He'd never craved to see his own self reflected in her glassy, wanton gaze as he pounded into her, rooted himself in her sweet sex so thoroughly she could only pant his name— "
6 " Her gaze traveled from his father to him, and at that moment he knew his emotions hung upon his sleeve. For once, he was powerless to hide them. Whatever she saw in his face caused her to blush, duck her head in a distinctly un-Marianne-like fashion. And hope blossomed where it oughtn't, the petals catching in the thorns of his dilemma. "