Now, this is where I draw the line! It's bad enough everybody in town's going to be thinkin' I'm sleeping with a depressed, lice-ridden, hemorrhoidal foreigner who likes to be tied up and might be pregnant, although-since she's just about cornered the market on condoms-I don't know how that could have happened. But I will not-you listen to me, Emma!-I absolutely will not have anybody thinkin' a woman of mine needs a vaginal moisturizer, do you hear me?
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsYou'll need to do a better job, Annabelle. No more dates like the first one tonight." "Agreed. And no more making me sit through your Power Matches introductions, either. As you so wisely pointed out, helping Portia Powers isn't in my best interests." "Then why are you still trying to talk me into seeing Melanie again?" "Hunger makes me weird." "You got rid of the last one in fourteen minutes. Well done. I'm rewarding you by letting you sit in on all the introductions from now on." She nearly choked on an ice cube. "What are you talking about?" "Exactly what I said.
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsYou never get mad,โ she said when their server left the table. โExcept at me.โ โThatโs not true,โ he said tightly. โTorie can get me going.โ โTorie doesnโt count. You were obviously her mother in a previous life.
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsShe gestured toward his very fine chest with her pencil. โOn the off chance I find out after weโre married that your declaration of abiding love and devotion has been an elaborate con job perpetrated by you, Bodie, and Scary Spiceโฆโ He massaged her arch. โI definitely wouldnโt lose too much sleep over that.โ โJust in case. You will give me all you worldly goods, shave your head, and leave the country.โ โDeal.โ โPlus, you have to hand out your Sox tickets so I can burn them in front of your eyes.
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsColin : โPerhaps now is the time to tell you that I have a weakness for agreeable women.โ Sugar Beth : โWell, that sure does leave me out.โ Colin : โExactly. With agreeable women, Iโm unendingly considerate. Gallant even.โ Sugar Beth : โBut with tarts like me, the gloves are off, is that it?โ Colin : โI wouldnโt exactly call you a tart. But then, I tend to be broad-minded.โ She suppressed the urge to dump her porridge in his lap.
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