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“Won't you need my help with the cache?' Fitz asked her.
It felt very good to tell him, 'I don't see why.'
Ro snickered.”
― Shannon Messenger, Stellarlune

“We don't have dealings. He just stalks me. I'm popular like that.”
― Nenia Campbell, Touched with Sight

“Jack Holloway told me he would get the son of a bitch who killed my child and the mate of my child," Papa continued. "Jack Holloway did get that son of a bitch. Jack Holloway got you. You are the man who killed my child. Get off my planet, you son of a bitch.”
― John Scalzi, Fuzzy Nation

“Tanya was standing a little too close to Liam for comfort, and she had a hand on Daisy's man.
"Have you found a table yet?" Daisy put her arm around Liam's waist, pulling him into her side and forcing Tanya to drop her hand from his shoulder.
"It's not looking good." He put his arm around her shoulder. "I'll have to get you a motorcycle as a wedding present and we can ride out here together when it's not as busy."
Daisy bit back a smile. Liam knew what was going on and he'd just made it clear where his loyalty lay.
Tanya's gaze flicked from Liam to Daisy and back to Liam. "You two are engaged?"
"Best decision of my life," Liam said, pressing a kiss to Daisy's sweat-covered temple.
"What happened?" Tanya's smile faded. "I thought you didn't do relationships."
Another squeeze. "I just hadn't met the right person."
Daisy gave Tanya a smug but sympathetic smile.”
― Sara Desai, The Dating Plan

“The day after he had proposed to Beatrix, Christopher had reluctantly gone to talk to Prudence. He was prepared to apologize, knowing that he had not been fair in his dealings with her. However, any trace of remorse he might have felt for having deceived Prudence vanished as soon as he saw that Prudence felt no remorse for having deceived him.
It had not been a pleasant scene, to say the least. A plum-colored flush of rage had swept across her face, and she had stormed and shrieked as if she were unhinged.
"You can't throw me over for that dark-haired gargoyle and her freakish family! You'll be a laughingstock. Half of them are Gypsies, and the other half are lunatics- they have few connections and no manners, they're filthy peasants and you'll regret this to the end of your days. Beatrix is a rude, uncivilized girl who will probably give birth to a litter."
As she had paused to take a breath, Christopher had replied quietly, "Unfortunately, not everyone can be as refined as the Mercers."
The shot had gone completely over Prudence's head, of course, and she had continued to scream like a fishwife.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Love in the Afternoon

“A Ford Terino jerked to a stop, inches from her knees. Before the driver could honk, Jimena tapped the hood of the car. The man glanced up and her eyes warned him, You're out of your neighborhood.
He understood and settled back patiently as if it were normal to stop at a green light in Los Angeles. Once Jimena had crossed the street, the car screeched away.”
― Lynne Ewing

“Oh. Liam." Madison cut her off, smirking when Liam walked out of the restroom behind her, still adjusting his tie. "Nice to see you again."
Totally nonplussed, Liam smiled. "Madison."
"Men's room closed?"
"Not at all." He put an arm around Daisy's shoulder and pressed a kiss to her cheek. "Just needed a little alone time with may fiancée."
Madison's smile faded. "You're still engaged?"
"Yes, we are." He held up Daisy's hand to show off the diamond ring he'd bought her to replace the Sharks ring he'd given her at the bus stop. "When you meet the woman you want to spend the rest of your life with, you don't let her go."
Daisy slipped an arm through Liam's. "How's Orson?"
"Orson?" Madison frowned as if she had no idea who Daisy was talking about. "Oh. He's gone. Maybe New York?"
"I'm sorry to hear that."
"I was sorry to hear that Organicare was going under." Madison's smirk returned. "I was wondering if you were interested in coming back to work for me. I need a senior software engineer and---"
"Organicare isn't going under," Daisy said. "We've given the company a total overhaul and we've just secured our Series B funding. I've had interest from other investors and I'm here to meet some of them right now. So, if you'll excuse me..."
"She's the CEO," Liam said, beaming. "She saved the company and now she's running the whole show."
"Congratulations." Madison's voice was flat as she checked her watch. "You're right about the time. I've got a meeting in five minutes. I'd better go."
"You didn't have to do that," Daisy said to Liam. "It was a little bit petty."
"You enjoyed every second of it."
Her lips tipped in a smile. "Okay. I did. She was like every mean girl in high school who mocked me, and now the tables have turned and not only am I running a company, I got the coolest guy in school.”
― Sara Desai, The Dating Plan