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21 " Oh, Hugh?” He turned to see her smiling like a cat with cream. “Yes, my love?” “I said I didn’t need a ring.” He quirked a brow. “I do.” She wiggled her fingers. “Need a ring. Just so you know.” He threw back his head and laughed. "
― Julia Quinn , The Sum of All Kisses (Smythe-Smith Quartet, #3)
22 " He wanted Sarah Pleinsworth; dear Lord, he wanted her with everything that he was. He wanted to stand up with her before God and man, slide his ring onto her finger, and pledge his eternal devotion. He wanted to take her to bed and with his body show her everything that was in his heart, and he wanted to cherish her as she grew heavy with their child. "
23 " You looked lonely.”Hugh smiled again. It was the sort of thing an adult would never have said aloud. And precisely the reason he’d rather have been chatting with her than anyone else in the room. “I was alone, not lonely.”Frances frowned, considering that. Hugh was just about to explain the difference when she cocked her head and asked, “Are you sure?”“Alone is a state of being,” he explained, “whereas lonely is—”“I know that,” she cut in.He regarded her. “Then I’m afraid I do not understand your question.”She cocked her head to the side. “I was just wondering if a person always knows when he is lonely. "