A Life Lived in Hundreds

by Botched Lobotomy

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‘It sounds like you’re makin a business offer,’ said Smith.
‘Would you prefer me more romantic? Oh Smith, my heart aches for you my darling, etcetera, etcetera.’
‘Mm, let’s keep it businesslike, please.’
At that he’d flashed a smile and said he thought so, and what her answer was in that case, and she’d said she needed time to think it over, as were only proper in financial matters. He understood—Filthy Rich was alright, really. She didn’t particularly want him there, but if she had to go with any stallion, she could do worse.
She thought she’d probably say yes.

Comments

[Bicyclette]

ah the "she could do worse.", augh. and of course this fills in the history that Smith and Filthy Rich's family have in the canon. but augh, so glad she did not say "yes" because then the rest of this story i love can happen and also just idk i just think of real life and all of the unnamed and unknown millions of women who did say "yes" in this situation and just lived their entire whole entire lives and then died forever thinking that maybe there was something wrong with them, but things weren't so bad because of X, Y, and Z...