When Christopher finished, there was a moment of silence. Leo looked at Cam expectantly. โWell?โ โWell what?โ โNow is the time when you dredge up one of your blasted Romany sayings. Something about roosters laying eggs, or pigs dancing in the orchard. Itโs what you always do. Letโs have it.โ Cam gave him a sardonic glance. โI canโt think of one right now.โ โBy God, Iโve had to listen to hundreds of them. And Phelan doesnโt have to hear even one?
Lisa KleypasI was a new person in the same world, which was a lot more difficult than being the same person in a new world.
Lisa KleypasMcKenna will always be a part of me, no matter where he goes. They say that people who've lost a limb sometimes feel as if they still have it. How many times I've felt that McKenna was still here, and the empty space beside me was alive with his presence." She closed her eyes and leaned forward until her forehead and the tip of her nose touched the cool glass. "I love him beyond reason," she whispered. "He's a stranger to me now, and yet he is still so familiar. I can't imagine a sweeter agony, having him so close.
Lisa KleypasI spent most of my youth hauling sides of beef and pork to my father's shop. Carrying you is far more enjoyable." "How sweet," Annabelle mumbled sickly, her eyes closed. "Every woman dreams of being told that she's preferable to a dead cow.
Lisa KleypasIf loneliness was a choice, what was the other option? To settle for second-best and try to be happy with that? And was that fair to the person you settled for?
Lisa KleypasโSimon,โ she whispered, vaguely surprised that she had just used his first name, for she had never used it even in the privacy of her thoughts. Moistening her dry lips, she tried once more, and to her astonishment, she did it again. โSimonโฆโ โYes?โ A new tension had entered his long, hard body, and at the same time, his hand moved over the shape of her skull in the softest caress possible. โPleaseโฆ take me to my room.โ Hunt tilted her head back gently and regarded her with a sudden faint smile playing on his lips. โSweetheart, I would take you to Timbuktu if you asked.โ
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