" I like keeping you on your toes.’
‘Oh, you’re doing a very good job of that. Among other things.’
Don’t ask. ‘Like?’ Goddamn me.
‘Like,’ he whispers, ‘disarming me constantly with your sass. It’s . . . very attractive. If you didn’t work for me, I can’t promise I wouldn’t have had you on my sturdy desk by now. "
― Jodi Ellen Malpas , Artful Lies (Hunt Legacy Duology, #1)