Shaanya

“If you say she is the one in whose presence you cannot properly think, or even … or even breathe. If you say you feel that feeling. The one that makes it impossible for you to look away from them at any given moment. When your body and soul feel as if they could burst into flames whenever the two of you are near.”

I love you. I’ve loved you from the moment we raced each other in that park. I’ve loved you at every dance, on every walk, every time we’ve been together, and every time we’ve been apart. You do not have to accept it, you do not have to embrace it, or even allow it, knowing you probably will not. But you must know it. In your heart. You must feel it, because I do. I love you.

Pride and Prejudice 2005//Emma 2020//Bridgerton 2022

“You are the bane of my existence and the object of all my desires…. Night and day, I dream of you...”

ANTHONY BRIDGERTON AND KATE SHARMA IN BRIDGERTON SEASON TWO (PART ONE)

“Do you think there’s a corner of this Earth that you could travel to far away enough free me from this torment?”

“[…] that honor is hanging by a thread that grows more precarious with every moment I spend in your presence”

“You are the bane of my existence”

“And the object of my desires”

He cleared his throat and took a deep breath, hoping it would clear his head. Instead, he simply got an intoxicating whiff of her scent, which was an odd combination of exotic lilies and sensible soap.

But there was that damned scent again. Lilies. He could swear it was lilies. And soap.

He found himself wondering how she’d feel if he pulled her into his arms, how she’d taste if he traced the outline of her lips with his tongue. Would she smell like the garden? Or would that maddening scent of lilies and soap still cling to her skin?

Even in her wedding gown she smelled of lilies and soap, that maddening scent that had haunted him for weeks.

Once the two sisters were gone, he settled into the comfortable chair so recently vacated by Kate. It was still warm from her body, and he rather fancied that he could smell her scent in the fabric. More soap than lilies this time, he thought with a careful sniff. Perhaps the lilies were a perfume, something she added at night.