Had you been the man I first thought you were, serious, reserved, stern, I would have loved you faithfully, and become your wife. Woman demands that she can look up to a man, but one like you who voluntarily places his neck under her foot, she uses as a welcome plaything, only to toss it aside when she is tired of it."
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Başlangıçta olduğunu sandığım gibi sahici, kararlı ve zeki bir adam olsaydın, seni sadakatle sever ve karın oldurdum. Kadın tepeden tırnağa süzeceği, ağzına bakacağı, sayacağı bir koca ister. Ama senin gibi çiğne beni diye kendini yerlere atan erkek ancak bir oyuncaktır; eninde sonunda can sıkıcı hale gelen, bir kenara fırlatılacak bir oyuncaktır.
“Your cat is welcome among us,” Lowe says. If that’s not a jab, nothing else is.
“Wonder how that feels,” I say breezily, and slip out of the room without glancing at him again.
“How long was I out?” she asked.
“Long enough to make me worry that this wasn't just an elaborate ploy to get into my bed.”
Scarlett managed to smile. “What if I said it was a ploy?”
“I'd tell you that you don't need one. You're welcome in my bed anytime.”