The only words I'll allow from your mouth are, 'Oh, Gareth,' and 'Yes, Gareth.'" "What about 'More, Gareth'?" "He almost kept a straith face. "That will be acceptable.
Julia QuinnThis thing between them, this bondโit wasnโt just passion, and it wasnโt wicked. It was love, and it was divine.
Julia QuinnI am asking you to marry me because I love you,โ he said, โbecause I cannot imagine living my life without you. I want to see your face in the morning, and then at night, and a hundred times in between. I want to grow old with you, I want to laugh with you, and I want to sigh to my friends about how managing you are, all the while secretly knowing I am the luckiest man in town.โ โWhat?โ she demanded. He shrugged. โA manโs got to keep up appearances. Iโll be universally detested if everyone realizes how perfect you are.
Julia QuinnStirlings of old had been so damned besotted with their newfound earldom that they couldn't think to put any other name on anything...It was a wonder he didn't drink Kilmartin Tea and sit on a Kilmartin-style chair. In fact, he probably would be doing just that if his grandmother had found a way to manage it without actually taking the family into trade.
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