I was afraid that no guy would ever want me because I had been raped and gotten pregnant and had an abortion. But you never looked at me as damaged go...ods. You taught me that I was a sexy, desirable girl. You prove it every time you make love with me. You have no idea how much it meant to me when you told me that you felt that you were my first. At first I couldn’t see how you could say that given what had happened, but then I realized that you really, truly believed it. That you, deep in your. Razai trusted their instincts over Edina’s.“Cook gave me enough for all of us,” Razai said, handing them each a mug.Sara sipped from hers, then glanced at Edina and smiled mischievously. “I heard that the young master paid a call on a lady friend this afternoon,” she said, referring to Tobin’s oldest son.“Oh, he did not!” Edina said. “He’s far too young for that sort of thing.”“I heard it from Nell!” Sara insisted. Nell was one of the chambermaids.“And what would Nell know about it?”As they. "He slid the glass an inch from my hand. The glass was clean and polished, it sparkled and the white wine within fizzled in a lively way, the bubbles chased and dashed to the top, leaping like miniature salmon as the fizz escaped. His eyes locked with mine and suddenly there was an intensity about him that I had not seen before, tempered with a darkness in his eyes that reflected as he spoke."I said, drink it..please.."It was as if his stare penetrated my will, from the thought in my mind to. You'll be sending your status reports to your supervisors, and I'll check with them as needed. I just want to figure out who my top producers are, that's all." Sure you do," Little Joe murmurs. Such a measure is usually done prior to a firing spree, because status reports give the firer a reasonably lawsuit-proof alibi. Nick is out to cull the herd, and maybe net himself a bonus for streamlining the payroll and saving money. I don't know what's more insulting: the prospect of having to submit.