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“Nature had squandered an unreasonable quantity of male beauty on this undeserving creature.”
“He looked like a fallen angel, replete with all the dangerous male beauty that Lucifer could devise.”
“Its impossible, he snapped. Why? Because Im Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent. I cant be celibate. Everyone knows that.”
“A man's vanity is more fragile that you might think. It's easy for us to mistake shyness for coldness, and silence for indifference.”
“Mysteries of attraction could not always be explained through logic. Sometimes the fractures in two separate souls became the very hinges that held them together.”
“Ah, Evie, she heard him say softly, I must have a heart, after allbecause right now it aches like the devil.Only your heart? she asked ingenuously, making him laugh.He lowered her to the bed, his e...”
“Westcliff sees an odd sort of logic in why you would finally be the one to win St. Vincents heart. He says a girl like you would appeal tohmm, how did he put it?I cant remember the exact words, but...”
“Sebastian encountered Cam in the hallway outside the reading room. Where is he? he demanded without preamble. Stopping before him with an expressionless face, Cam said shortly, Hes gone. Why didnt ...”
“For some reason Miss Jenner had seen fit to come uninvited to Sebastians home at a scandalously late hour. To make the situation even more compromising, she was unaccompaniedand spending more than ...”
“You fault me for having standards?' Sebastian countered icily.'Not at all. I fault you for having two sets of them.'~ Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent & Cam Rohan.”
“Youre beautiful, Evie, came his soft comment. Having been raised by relations who had always lamented the garish color of her hair and the proliferation of freckles, Evie gave him a skeptical smile...”
“If my wife finds comfort in trite Gispy homilies, I have no objection to your offering them. However, if you ever kiss her again, no matter how platonic the fashion, I'll make a eunuch of you.”
“I want to fill every part of you, breathe the air from your lungs and leave my handprints on your soul. I want to give you more pleasure than you can bear.”
“How kind of you to pay us a call, Uncle, came the biting lash of Sebastians voice. Come to offer us felicitations, have you? Ive come to collect my niece, Peregrine snarled. She is promised to my s...”
“Just as Cam left Ivo Jenners apartments, St. Vincent met him in the hall. There was a scowl on the blond mans face, and a vein of chilling arrogance in his tone. If my wife finds comfort in trite G...”
“Her uneasy gaze skittered along the length of his arms, which were exposed by his rolled-up shirtsleeves... and stopped at the astonishing sight of a design that had been inked onto his right forea...”
“The situation was extraordinary. How someone like Evangeline Jenner could have wrought such a change in St. Vincent, the most worldly of men, was difficult to understand. However, Westcliff had lea...”
“Westcliff thinks that St. Vincent is in love with you.Evie choked a little and didnt dare look up from her tea. Wh-why does he think that?Hes known St. Vincent from childhood, and can read him fair...”
“You must learn to ignore what people say, Sebastian murmured, coming to her. Standing behind her, he rested his fingers lightly on her shoulders, causing her to start a little. Youll be much happie...”
