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" Could you bring me to Rita’s house before we go to the airport?” I ask. “There’s one last thing I need to ask her to do.” “That is on the other side of the river,” says Ethan.“I know. But I need to see her. Please, I’ll be eternally grateful.” He doesn’t say anything, but instead puts the car in gear and starts the engine. After we are driving for about two minutes he asks. “How grateful?” Ah, I see the old Ethan hasn’t disappeared then. I smile and lean over to place a light peck on his cheek. “This grateful,” I say to him.“Hmm, I think you can do better than that,” he chides in good humor.
“You’re driving,” is all I say in reply.
“I can pull over,” he answers smartly. "
― L.H. Cosway , Nightfall (Blood Magic, #1)
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" You need a job and I need a PA, why don’t you come and work for me?”
“No thanks, God knows what being your PA would involve.”
He laughs. “Well it would involve the usual, faxing, filing, answering the phones, taking
bookings, relieving my sexual needs, etcetera.”
“Yeah I thought as much.” I tell him, my tone doing all the rejecting for me.
“Seriously though, the offer stands. Think it over.” He tells me in a soft voice.
“I don’t have PA experience.”
“I’ll teach you,” he says, in a tone that insinuates other things.
“Sure.”
He lowers his voice. “I think I’d enjoy teaching you things.”
“Can’t say I w-would enjoy it.” Yeah, right.
“You stuttered,” he says "
― L.H. Cosway , Nightfall (Blood Magic, #1)
