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“Do you not understand the word no?” she hissed. “Go chase the simpering smiles of women who throw themselves at your feet. I am not one of them.”
Sebastian was momentarily stunned by her boldness. A woman from a lower station, speaking to him as if he were beneath her? Did she not know who he was? Did she not understand that she was here to make a match like all the others? And he, without question, was the most eligible man in the room.
Yet she had spoken to him like he was nothing more than dirt beneath her slipper.
His jaw tightened as a flicker of anger surged through him. He fought to maintain his composure. He would have her sharp tongue working his cock in due time. He always did. Never before had he needed to work so hard to earn a lady’s attention, let alone her favor. Women usually melted under his gaze, tripping over their words to gain his notice.
But Eris Hargrave was different.
She resisted him, and it ignited something in him; it was sharp, volatile, and unfamiliar.