Gloria Cook

“more determined to keep a watch on his heart. She was wasting her time being in love with him, and now she supposed it was no more than infatuation that she’d felt, in the same way poor young Libby had. The trouble was that a clever, gorgeously handsome man, with a strong masculine body, who was not short on charm and charisma, bred hope and dreams that were almost impossible to resist. ‘Get what, Jonny? Get to go to bed with her? Why is that sort of thing so important to you?’ She already knew what his answer would be. ‘I bloody well enjoy it,’ Jonny squawked impatiently, as if answering something stupid.”
― Gloria Cook, From a Distance