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“Then it’s a deal, we’re friends.”
[…]
“Can we just make one conditional rule here? That if we get into a situation where we know—absolutely—that we’re going to die, we can have—“
She pulled her hand away. “Don’t say it!”
He did. “Sex.”
She glared her disbelief. “You are such and asshole!”
“I am,” Ian agreed. I’m afraid that accepting me for who I am comes with the territory when talking friendship.”
“Stay in the shadows, asshole,” she said, then turned to stalk up the lawn toward the deck.
“Thank you,” he said as he headed for the shrubs. “I appreciate our open-minded acceptance of my asshole-ishness.”
And he wasn’t sure, but he could’ve sword that he heard Phoebe laugh.”
― Do or Die (Reluctant Heroes, #1)
[…]
“Can we just make one conditional rule here? That if we get into a situation where we know—absolutely—that we’re going to die, we can have—“
She pulled her hand away. “Don’t say it!”
He did. “Sex.”
She glared her disbelief. “You are such and asshole!”
“I am,” Ian agreed. I’m afraid that accepting me for who I am comes with the territory when talking friendship.”
“Stay in the shadows, asshole,” she said, then turned to stalk up the lawn toward the deck.
“Thank you,” he said as he headed for the shrubs. “I appreciate our open-minded acceptance of my asshole-ishness.”
And he wasn’t sure, but he could’ve sword that he heard Phoebe laugh.”
― Do or Die (Reluctant Heroes, #1)
“… now that I’m stuck here for an undetermined amount of time, it seems beyond foolish not to let me help.” She took a bite for emphasis. “You could at least let me make you a sandwich,” she added balefully through her mouthful.
“That was me being respectful of your law degree,” Ian said.”
― Do or Die (Reluctant Heroes, #1)
“That was me being respectful of your law degree,” Ian said.”
― Do or Die (Reluctant Heroes, #1)
“I figured it was probably best for me to leave that bicycle back there for a real emergency.”
― Do or Die (Reluctant Heroes, #1)
― Do or Die (Reluctant Heroes, #1)
“Why does it not surprise me that you talk during sex?”
― Do or Die (Reluctant Heroes, #1)
― Do or Die (Reluctant Heroes, #1)
“This is what we, in the con business, call making a spectacle of ourselves. Let’s try to avoid that from now on.”
“Except […] Mr. No-Sex-in-the-Bathrooms is going to describe two probably drunk people who staggered in. Plus, he thinks I’m a prostitute. We can double down on that by …” She stopped him, glancing back into the store throught the big plate-glass windows. Ian looked, too, and sure enough, the clerk was still watching them warily.
“Perfect, she said, and the made what was, absolutely, the international two-handed gesture for sexual intercourse. She then added a couple of exaggerated hip thrusts, saying, “I want to make this absolutely clear, because this guy’s kind of an idiot.” She then rubbed her fingers together, after which she held out her hand, palm up, as if to say Pay me.
Ian cracked up. “That’s actually kind of scary. Sex with a mime. Do I have to pay extra to make sure you don’t do the trapped-in-a-box thing while we’re doing it?”
― Do or Die (Reluctant Heroes, #1)
“Except […] Mr. No-Sex-in-the-Bathrooms is going to describe two probably drunk people who staggered in. Plus, he thinks I’m a prostitute. We can double down on that by …” She stopped him, glancing back into the store throught the big plate-glass windows. Ian looked, too, and sure enough, the clerk was still watching them warily.
“Perfect, she said, and the made what was, absolutely, the international two-handed gesture for sexual intercourse. She then added a couple of exaggerated hip thrusts, saying, “I want to make this absolutely clear, because this guy’s kind of an idiot.” She then rubbed her fingers together, after which she held out her hand, palm up, as if to say Pay me.
Ian cracked up. “That’s actually kind of scary. Sex with a mime. Do I have to pay extra to make sure you don’t do the trapped-in-a-box thing while we’re doing it?”
― Do or Die (Reluctant Heroes, #1)
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