But I liked you from the moment I first heard your voice,โ he said, โwhen I had no idea what you looked like. I thought it delicious, the way you bargained for me, as though I were an old rug. Then I loved the way you looked at me. Then I loved the way you ordered me about. I loved your patient and impatient ways of explaining things to me. I love the sound of your voice and the way you move. I love your courage and your kindness and your generosity and your obstinacy and your passion.โ He paused. โYouโre the genius. What do you think that means?
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 ChaseClara will break him to bridle,โ Longmore said. โAnd if she canโt cure his wild ways, who knows? Maybe heโll ride into a ditch or get run over by a post chaise, and sheโll be a young widow. Do try to look on the bright side.
Loretta ChaseYou are well aware of your effect on women, and I'm sure it gratifies you no end to watch them sigh and salivate over your magnificent physique. I do not wish to spoil your fun, Dain, but I do ask you to consider my pride and refrain from embarrassing me in public." Women...sighing and salivating...over his magnificent physique. Maybe the brutal bedding had destroyed a part of her brain.
Loretta ChaseI must be besotted,โ he said evenly. โI have the imbecilic idea that youโre the prettiest girl Iโve ever seen. Except for your coiffure,โ he added, with a disgusted glance at the coils and plumes and pearls. โThat is ghastly.โ She scowled. โYour romantic effusions leave me breathless.
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