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“Mariko had given her notorious sweet tooth full rein. Lex stared at the table of food and could already feel the sugar eating cavities into her enamel. Banana nut bread, sesame-crusted Chinese doughnuts, almond cookies, fruit cocktail and almond custard, steamed egg cake, even honey walnut prawns. On the non-Asian side was rum cake, blueberry pecan muffins, strawberry almond rolls, and croissants.”

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Book:Sushi for One?
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“I don’t want you risking yourself for me,” he continued, his voice unhurried. “Not anymore.” “I’m not risking myself for you,” Mariko retorted. “I’m here for me. Because I still have things I wish to accomplish with my life.” She refocused her attention on the misshapen mass. Slowly began chiseling away twisted fragments of wax, using a lacquered chopstick she’d pilfered from her evening meal. “It turns out my wishes have something to do with you.”

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Book:Smoke in the Sun
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“It appears your betrothed is well on his way to falling hopelessly in love with you. Well done on that account." It took Mariko a breath to see the truth beneath his words. "Are you jealous?" A pause. "Only a fool would not be.” "That's ridiculous. Jealousy is for boorish people. Are you a boor?" "Of course I am. And of course I would be jealous. That steaming heap of refuse doesn't have to sleep in a barred cell. He can gaze at the moonlight whenever he wishes,” he muttered. "It's a shame the moon has eyes for another.”

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Book:Smoke in the Sun
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