Lord Gray's List
“Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading, judgment difficult. A few other half-baked quotations rattled around Ben’s head as he stared at Evie, who stood proud and tall by the desk. It would be hard to find anyone looking less seductive and willing for all her brazen words. She may as well have been discussing the weather or what to eat for supper.
Why had she changed her mind? He’d done nothing particularly charming this morning as far as he could recall.
Ben felt t...he slightest apprehension. When he’d suggested a brief affair with her up in the attics, he’d not been entirely serious. Putting a time limit on his frankly raging desire for Evangeline Ramsey was an exercise in futility. God knows he’d resisted thinking about her for years in anything but the grumpiest way—she’d broken his heart as thoroughly as she had smashed that teapot. He’d been resentful and hurt, but trying to convince himself he’d made a lucky escape had never truly taken root.MoreLess
Why had she changed her mind? He’d done nothing particularly charming this morning as far as he could recall.
Ben felt t...he slightest apprehension. When he’d suggested a brief affair with her up in the attics, he’d not been entirely serious. Putting a time limit on his frankly raging desire for Evangeline Ramsey was an exercise in futility. God knows he’d resisted thinking about her for years in anything but the grumpiest way—she’d broken his heart as thoroughly as she had smashed that teapot. He’d been resentful and hurt, but trying to convince himself he’d made a lucky escape had never truly taken root.MoreLess
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