This Perfect Kiss (2007)
This Perfect Kiss
“She’d fled the terrace to escape witnessing Rory’s imminent announcement. When he truly entered the political field he would forever exit her realm. Watching that would be like watching his horse gallop across the dunes again, though away from her this time, leaving her alone in the desert.
But she hadn’t been able to escape her grandmother.
Jilly bit her lip, swearing she wouldn’t surrender to any of the words she longed to say or the tears she longed to shed. Grandmother hated tears. Jilly wa...sn’t all that fond of them herself, but when her mother entered the equation, she wasn’t confident of her control.
Grandmother suddenly focused on Jilly’s belly. “What is that?” she asked in offended tones.
Jilly dipped her head to peer at her navel, exposed by the hem of her sweater. The ruby nestled there glittered. “Embellishment. Decoration.” She’d donned the synthetic jewel as a wink-nudge joke to herself, assuming—rightly, she hoped—that it would make Rory nuts.
Her grandmother shook, literally shook, with outrage.MoreLess
But she hadn’t been able to escape her grandmother.
Jilly bit her lip, swearing she wouldn’t surrender to any of the words she longed to say or the tears she longed to shed. Grandmother hated tears. Jilly wa...sn’t all that fond of them herself, but when her mother entered the equation, she wasn’t confident of her control.
Grandmother suddenly focused on Jilly’s belly. “What is that?” she asked in offended tones.
Jilly dipped her head to peer at her navel, exposed by the hem of her sweater. The ruby nestled there glittered. “Embellishment. Decoration.” She’d donned the synthetic jewel as a wink-nudge joke to herself, assuming—rightly, she hoped—that it would make Rory nuts.
Her grandmother shook, literally shook, with outrage.MoreLess
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