“You mistake flirting for desire, sir.” “I don’t mistake your bold flirt for anything but what it is, Sesily Talbot.” She lifted her chin, exposing a millimeter more skin. Tempting him with it. “And what is that? Diversion?” He let a beat go by as he watched this girl who had never in her life faced a proper man. “Disguise.” He’d shocked her. She uncrossed her arms and came off the coach, unsettled by him. By his ability to see the truth. “I don’t know what you mean.” “I mean you’re a flirt, Sesily, and a good one, too. Most people don’t see what you are when you’re not full of swagger.” “And
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