Jessica, I know I've been...difficult," he said. "All the sameโ" "Difficult?" She looked up, her grey eyes wide, "You have been impossible. I begin to think you are not right in the upper storey. I knew you wanted me. The only thing I've never doubted was that. But getting you into bedโ you, the greatest whoremonger in Christendomโ gad, it was worse than the time I had to drag Bertie to the tooth-drawer. And if you think I mean to be doing that the rest of our days, you had better think again. The next time, my lord, you will do the seducingโ or there won't be any, I vow.
Loretta ChaseJessica swallowed. "I think you had better stick to English." "But Italian is so moving," Dain said. "To ho voluto dal primo che ti vedi." I've wanted you from the first moment I saw you. "Mi tormenti ancora." You've tormented me ever since.
Loretta ChaseAdieu, Lord Dain,โ she answered without turning her head. โHave a pleasant evening with your cows.โ Cows? She was merely trying to provoke him, Dain told himself. The remark was a pathetic attempt at a setdown. To take offense was to admit heโd felt the sting. He told himself to laugh and return to hisโฆ cows.
Loretta ChaseThe Challenge is to pry Bertie loose from Dain and his circle of oafish dengenerates,โ Jessica said severely. โIt would be far more profitable to pry Dain loose for yourself,โ said her grandmother. โHe is very wealthy, his lineage is excellent, he is young, strong, and healthy, and you feel a powerful attraction.โ โHe isnโt husband material.โ โWhat I have described is perfect husband material.โ said her grandmother. โI donโt want a husband.โ โJessica, no woman does who can regard men objectively. And you have always been magnificently objective.
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