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1 " So when life hands you a good one, grab him.” She’s got a point. “And then get him microchipped so you always know where he is. "
― Jana Aston , Sure Thing (Best Laid Plans, #1)
2 " You’re my peanut butter.” “And you’re my jelly. "
3 " Babe, can you bring me a cup of tea?""Violet, just pee on the stick. It's quite literally the only direction on the box. I don't understand why you keep reading it over and over again, love. "
4 " sometimes the best things in life are unplanned. "
5 " You’re my pea.” “You’re my pod. "
6 " My parents will want to stay when the baby comes. Plus my sister and her crew.”“Ah, yes. I look forward to it.”If I’ve one complaint about the British, it’s that I’m not always certain when they’re teasing. I side-eye Jennings now as I try to determine if he’s sincere or not. And my sister—well, she does love to mention that Jennings fired her any chance she gets. But she’s teasing. It’s not like she’d have been able to go back anyway.“Are you taking the piss out of me?” That’s British for sarcasm. Taking the piss. It’s not my favorite of the Britishisms but it doesn’t stop me from using it whenever the opportunity arrives.“Of course not, love. I’m attempting to get into your knickers.”“Oh. Well, in that case, carry on. "
7 " We don't have the keys, Rhys. And you can't drive a Tesla drunk. I know the damn thing drives itself, but that can't be allowed. If that's allowed, next thing you know people will be strapping their kids in and sending them to nursery in a car with no driver! Society has gone to hell." I shake my head and think about waving a fist in the air like an old man. Because I'm fucking old. "
8 " Our lives will be outstanding together, Violet-you and I-because I won't allow anything less for you. I'm all in. I'm the sure thing, Violet. When it comes to you, I'm the sure thing. You told me once that no one's ever asked. I'm asking. Marry me. "
9 " I'm positive he ups the British word count when I'm on the edge of being cross with him. He knows it's my weakness. He can get away with just about anything if he tosses in words like 'knackered' or 'gutted' into a sentence.It occues to me then that I'm going to have a British baby.Do you know what's great about British babies?Everything.I mean, I know they're basically the same as American babies, but they have super-cool names like Poppy or Pippa. Amelia or Isla. Oscar or George. Well, maybe not George. Then when they get around to speaking it's in a British accent and let me tell you, a child having a tantrum in Waitrose with a British accent is about a hundred times less annoying than a child having a tantrum in Walmart in an American accent. It's a fact. Wait a minute...Oh.My.God."They're going to call me Mummy! "
10 " Do you do it the same here?""Do what the same?""Deliver babies.""I believe they do it the same everwhere, love.""This country doesn't even know what Hidden Valley Ranch is. Nothing is the same.""I'm not sure one has anything to do with the other, but I'll ensure a case of salad dressing is shipped over before your due date.""People don't refrigerate their eggs here.""Also not relevant, but we can go over that again if you like. "
11 " I can't believe I live in a house old enough that it has a horse garage.I mean a mews house. Jennings has told me repeatedly that horse garage is not the correct term. "
12 " Oh!" I blurt out in surprise..."what do I do with it?""What do you do with it?" He's looking at me like I've just claimed I'm a virgin."I've only seen regular dick before," I say with a shrug...."You know, like the fixed kind? Um, circumcised! "
13 " I’m almost forty, love. I’d be quite chuffed "
14 " Hell, yes. Keep calm and carry on. God save the Queen. Think of England. "
15 " I’m a vessel for his pleasure and I love it. "