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A Kiss at Midnight

Eloisa James

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“He's male. I've noticed that sometimes the brains simply get left out of the package.”

“If you don't mind a word of advice, one never asks a lady to set her own price. If you have to ask, the answer will always be more than you can afford.”

“A lady should never feel anxious about her behavior. The status is bred in the bone. To show anxiety is to lower oneself. Anxiety is vulgar.”

“I woke up this morning,” Gabriel said, “thinking of nothing more than rolling over and pulling you into my arms and kissing you again. Kissing: only kissing. As if I were a green boy of fourteen. In case you don’t realize it, Kate, kissing is not a man’s usual inclination in the morning.”

“I would prefer not to throw myself on a funeral pyre. Please come back to me.”

“I did it,” Gabriel said, conversationally. “I met the woman, the only woman for me. I met her, and now . . . I’m going to meet my wife.”

“Here, drink your liqueur," Henry said, tossing back her drink. "I carry it with me everywhere because it's the only kind of drink that Leo doesn't like, so there's a chance I'll still have some tomorrow.”

“Give me one last time,” he begged. “Please, please. I beg you.” “I—” She stopped and started again. “I’m afraid, Gabriel. You’ll break my heart.” “Mine is already broken.”

“Gabriel looked up at her from under thick eyelashes. “Will you please grope me under the table, Kate mine?”

“He said it aloud, because there was no reason to be silent. "I am - undone. She has undone me." And his hand closed around the glass slipper.”

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drinking, husbands, liquor, advice, price, lady, gabriel, anxiety

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