An Offer From a Gentleman (Bridgertons, #3)

by Julia Quinn

“Be mine right now. Be mine forever. I’ll give you anything you want. All I want in return is you.”

“I can live with you hating me,” he said to the closed door. “I just can’t live without you.”

“They say that a smart person learns from her mistakes,” she interrupted, her voice forcefully ending his protest. “But a truly smart person learns from other people’s mistakes.”

“You are the reason I exist,” she said softly, “the very reason I was born.”