“Please don’t do that. Don’t ruin tonight for me. Tonight was perfect. Please don’t give me excuses or tell me you like me but or say how I’m beautiful except or that I’m special however. I don’t want to hear it. I’ve heard it all a dozen times before by lesser men than you. We already agreed to what this is and I’m not some heartsick woman who needs you to spell it out for her. I have too much at stake to play games, Zax. Do me a favor? Respect me enough not to play them.”
