I’m fairly certain, Captain, ” she said, “that the more you discover about me, the more you will dislike me. Therefore, let’s cut to the chase and acknowledge that we don’t like each other. Then we won’t have to bother with the in-between part.” She was so bloody frank and practical about the whole thing that Christopher couldn’t help but be amused.“ I’m afraid I can’t oblige you.”“ Why not?”“ Because when you said that just now, I found myself starting to like you.”“ You’ll recover, ” she said. Her decisive tone made him want to smile. “It’s getting worse, actually, ” he told her. “Now I’m absolutely convinced that I like you.” Beatrix gave him a patently skeptical stare. “What about my hedgehog? Do you like her, too?” Christopher considered that. “Affection for rodents can’t be rushed.”“ Medusa isn’t a rodent. She’s an erinaceid. Lisa Kleypas
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Medusa is a famous mythological Gorgon of Greek mythology. Her hair is made of snakes and her face was made from a hideous monster called the Gorgon. The head of the Gorgon had the power to turn anyone who looked at it to stone. In order to kill Medusa, Perseus used his shield to reflect the Gorgon’s gaze back at her. A reflection of Medusa’s head then proceeded to turn humans into monsters.

Source: Love In The Afternoon

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