Lisa Kleypas: "Hardy Cates, "kataku, masuk ke ruangan," kamu...

"Hardy Cates, "kataku, masuk ke ruangan," kamu berperilaku, atau aku akan menginjak tabungmu. "Perawat itu nampak terkejut dengan sikapku yang tidak simpatik di samping tempat tidur. Tetapi tatapan Hardy bertemu dengan milikku di saat tegangan panas dan panas , dan dia santai, diyakinkan dengan cara yang tidak pernah bisa dilakukan oleh simpati. "Itu hanya bekerja jika itu tabung pernapasan," katanya kepada saya."

--- Lisa Kleypas

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Hardy Cates," I said, coming into the room, "you behave, or I'll step on your tube." The nurse seemed taken aback by my unsympathetic bedside manner. But Hardy's gaze met mine in a moment of bright, hot voltage, and he relaxed, reassured in a way that cooing sympathy could never have done. "That only works if it's a breathing tube," he told me.