“Don’t test my patience, woman,” he says through gritted teeth. “Not tonight.” “What’s so different about tonight?” “You know exactly what’s different.” “The only thing I can think of is that I went on a date. Could that be it?” Here comes that dangerous rumble again, sending shivers along my nerve endings. “Careful, Maven. If you keep it up, that smartass tone will backfire on you.” “Meaning what? You’ll come over here and give me a spanking?” In the following pause, I hear him breathing raggedly. I imagine him gripping the phone so hard, it cracks in half. His voice deadly soft, he says,
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