Annabel looked down. Her hands were shaking. She couldn't do this. Not yet. She couldn't face the man she'd kissed who happened to be the heir to the man she didn't want to kiss but whos she probably was going to marry. Oh yes, and she could not forget that if she did marry the man she didn't want to kiss, she was likely to provide him with a new heir, thus cutting off the man she did want to kiss.
Julia QuinnYou are not going to waltz in here and distract me with a clever phrase and a beguiling smile." "You think my smile is beguiling?
Julia QuinnJames started to laugh. His chin hurt where she'd smacked him twice, his foot throbbed where she'd stepped on it, and his entire body felt as if he'd swum through a rosebush, which wasn't as far off the truth as it sounded. Yet still he started to laugh.
Julia QuinnI cannot feel like a duchess in my motherโs sitting room.โ โWhat do you feel like, then?โ โHmmm.โ She took a sip of her tea. โJust Daphne Bridgerton, I suppose. Itโs difficult to shed the surname in this clan. In spirit, that is.โ โI hope that is a compliment,โ Lady Bridgerton remarked. Daphne just smiled at her mother. โI shall never escape you, Iโm afraid.โ She turned to Gareth. โThere is nothing like oneโs family to make one feel like one has never grown up.
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