“What if I like it slow and tortuous?” he murmured. “I can take mercy on you if you so humble yourself before me.” “Would you rather it be slow and tortuous?” “A thousand apologies, my lady.” He cut a small bow in her direction. “I believe, as the challenged party, I get to choose the weapon.”
Pistols at dawn,” he roared into the swaying carriage. She stifled a wholly unladylike giggle at his shocked and offended expression. She slid her gaze to the fingers that were still toying with her hair. For the past eight years, she has worked as an editor at both small-town papers and national media organizations such as Politico and Kaiser Health News, covering politics and policy. He gasped his faux outrage.“Are you saying my behavior is anything less than exemplary?” Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Brianna Labuskes graduated from Penn State University with a degree in journalism. But they were all honorable gentlemen-unlike yourself, I may add.”
“I’m far more interested in the beaux you have left mournful in your wake.” His fingers trapped one of the loose curls that bounced around her face, sliding the strands between the pads.
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