

“Why? It’s because I love you, damn me to hell. Because I’ve always loved you. Because I loved you when you were with John, and I loved you when I was in India, and God only knows I don’t deserve you, but I love you, anyway.” Francesca sagged against the door. “How’s that for a witty little joke?” he mocked. “I love you. I love you, my cousin’s wife. I love you, the one woman I can never have. I love you, Francesca Bridgerton Stirling, who—” “Stop,” she choked out. “Now? Now that I’ve finally gotten started? Oh, I don’t think so,” he said grandly, waving one of his arms through the air like a showman. He leaned in close—painfully, uncomfortably close. And his smile was terrifying as he asked, “Are you scared yet?”
― When He Was Wicked
― When He Was Wicked

“He walked to the window, leaning heavily on the sill. “If this is to end, you will have to do it. You will have to walk away, Francesca. Because now . . . after everything . . . I’m just not strong enough to say goodbye.”
― When He Was Wicked
― When He Was Wicked

“He could live without her love, but not without her happiness.”
― When He Was Wicked
― When He Was Wicked

“He was a rogue and scoundrel, and probably a hundred other things as well, but he was her rogue and scoundrel, and she knew he possessed a heart as fine and true as any man she could ever hope to meet.”
― When He Was Wicked
― When He Was Wicked

“You have to say it,” he said. “If you feel it, then you have to say it. I’m a greedy bastard, and I want it all.”
She looked up at him, her eyes bright. “I love you.”
― When He Was Wicked
She looked up at him, her eyes bright. “I love you.”
― When He Was Wicked
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