She’d kissed him with the tiniest, most fleeting touch of the lips he’d ever felt. Where was he going to find someone else who found Pombaline cages interesting? Who could take every one of his dry statements and twist it, turn it upside down, and toss it back with even greater wit?Īnd she’d kissed him. He’d known at the start that he might have to marry this girl, but he was starting to wonder if this really was such a burden. And he was beginning to think that perhaps her presence on the Infinity would not be as much of a disaster as he’d feared. They were friends, but they were not equals, and that would always stand between them.īut with Poppy every moment had been a delight. And when he did venture into town with men from his ship, it was not the same. Most of his business-whether for the government or not-was conducted on his own. It had been a long time since he’d shown someone the sights of a city-any city. “To everything.”Īndrew sat back, watching her with a strange sense of pride. She smiled as if it were the most charming toast she’d ever heard. When the tavernkeeper left, she leaned forward with gleaming eyes and said, “I want to try everything.”Īndrew lifted his glass. She only laughed, smiling at Senhor Farias when he came to pour wine. And apparently,” he said, wagging his finger right back at her, “nor does four.” “It was your choice to let me have one of yours.”
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