The Rejected King (Desolation, #1)
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“In all my years of military training, how did I miss chair weaponry?”
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“It’s the number one thing I am looking for in a Promenade Director. Someone skilled in chair weaponry.” She raised her chin even higher. “You’re in luck, then. I’m one of the best.”
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It was the sexiest thing she had ever heard a man say. The only thing that could have made his speech and her fantasy better was if he was shirtless, holding a dessert or a book (she wasn’t too particular), with a slight breeze floating through his fluffy brown hair.
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Emree took one look at the king, and her heart literally stopped. She imagined her death certificate, the lines detailing her demise reading that she had been killed by handsomeness.
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The problem with warning signs was they made a person want to disobey them.
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“Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.”
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How had he fallen for the one girl he couldn’t have?
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You were just a dream girl then, but now you’re what my dreams are made of.”
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“I want to marry you, Emree Dutson, for all the right reasons. Images of you consume my everyday life. You are my future, every special moment I don’t want to forget, and all my dreams coming true. You’re not just a random girl at the Morreck Inn, the Promenade Director, or a working-class woman in gray. You’re my everything, and I don’t want to live another day without you.” He held the ring out in front of her. “Please say that you’ll marry me and be my forever.”
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“You better watch yourself,” she warned. “I’m trained in chair weaponry.” “Oh, I know. There’s no way I could ever forget that.”