“Yes.” He said it like she’d asked for clarification on the tax code. “I find that predictability is the least offensive form of intimacy.”
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“Nothing you’re not ready to give,” she said. “But I want you to know that Clause 14b—the one that says we don’t have to feign more than politeness—it doesn’t say we can’t choose more. It just says we don’t have to.” “Yes