What's that smell?" I froze. What? Did I really smell so distasteful he had only to lean in my direction to catch a putrid whiff of me? I stayed the urge to break his freaking nose for pointing out my stinkiness. He sniffed again. "I can't place it." "How bad is it?" I asked, my cheeks heating. "It's good. Some kind of flower." My first thought: Hurray! I don't stink. My second: Ohmygod!
Gena ShowalterHeโd never be able to touch her, and as passionate as she was, she would eventually need a man who could. Heโd never had to worry about these things before because heโd never been with a woman. Not even before his possession. Heโd been too busy then, too involved in his job. Maybe he needed to join Workaholics Anonymous, he thought dryly. He had to be the only millennia-old virgin in history.
Gena ShowalterThat's because I'm made of awesome." "And dipped in awesome." "And sprinkled with awesome." "Gods, I love the taste of awesome.
Gena ShowalterYou keep running and one day when you stop running your going to fall, and I'm going to be there to catch you.
Gena ShowalterIโm not trying toโWhat do teenagers say nowadays?โ he asked my grandmother.โGet all up in her biznez,โ Nana said.Without cracking a smile.โThatโs right,โ he replied. โWeโre not trying to get all up in your biznez, Ali.
Gena ShowalterShe stood, squared her shoulders. โWeโll do it. Together.โ And then she did something that shocked them both. She rose on her tiptoes and pressed a swift kiss on his lips. โThank you for returning to help me.โ When she tried to move away, he latched onto her forearms and held her in place. His eyes were gleaming. "Next time you decide to do thatโฆ" What?" she said, stiffening. "Give you a little warning?" No." He grinned. "Linger.
Gena ShowalterSee? This was how heโd gotten me to fall in love with him. At times like this he made me feel like the most treasured woman in the world. โSo you donโt remember doing this to me? Naked? In the shower? On the bed? On the floor?โ With Matt Damon? Okay, how had the Sarah Silverman video gotten in my head, now of all times?
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