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“What was all that about? Kissing me in public?” Jake still couldn’t believe Damien had done it after what he had told Damien about life and gossip and microscopes in a small town. It was almost like Damien was deliberately pushing his buttons.

Outing Jake in public at work? No biggie! Don't be so uptight, Jake!

So what if I spill my guts to you? What then? Do I feel all safe and comfortable with you and then get slapped away again because I dared to touch your precious body? What is it with you?”
　　“People are more than just bodies! I just want us to get to know each other.”
　　“I fucking hate you some days.”
　　Damien got up and stalked out of the room.

‎(ﾉಥ益ಥ）ﾉ ┻━┻

They found the check-in line, and Diane groaned. “I hate terrorists. It used to be so much quicker.”



...you guys owe me for this :[

Fuck this. I'm done.

self-flagellation, emotional blackmail, prude-shaming and police dog shows.

I have to draw the line somewhere.

Wow.

Damien is an absolute creep.

This brings me back to all those guys who were like "what do you mean, I just want to wait with you two hours for the bus. We're just talking, I like talking to you. Will I call you to talk more? I dunno, will you let me kiss you?"

Ew. You just met that guy and proceeded to push his boundaries... Give him a fucking break.

What do you want from me, Damien?”
　　Damien frowned. “Now, that question of itself says the world about what you think of other people. That they ‘want’ something from you. Like you’re used to takers.”

Said Damien after spending an entire evening making sexual advances at a guy who is not interested or comfortable with them. Eww.

What's next? "Don't be such a prude?"

Why do they make it sound like not pouncing on your best friend the night she broke up with her BF is such an astounding achievement of chivalry?

And why does a father thank a guy for not taking sexual advantage of his daughter the night she broke up with her bf?

And promptly assume that means the guy must be gay?

And the father who assumes that is gay himself, btw.

There's this scene in Blue Is The Warmest Color where a bunch of people sit in the garden and eat spaghetti for like twenty minutes going on sixty hours and all they do is carry on pointless small talk.

Ace up till now makes that scene look like an ep of House Of Cards.

Do authors realize that people decide whether to buy a book based on the sample of the first chapter? Seems like Jack Byrne doesn't give a flip