It was because a great-looking man with no apparent mental defects found her attractive. Imagine feeling so buoyant over something so juvenile.
Maggie ShayneStichwörter: funny
Then, almost as an afterthought, she turned and locked the bathroom door. If he thought he was going to seduce her, make her stupid enough to believe his lies by getting her into bed, he'd better think again. She stepped into the water. Besides, women didn't lose brain cells at the thought of sex. Only men did.
Maggie ShayneStichwörter: funny
You think I don't know what you're doing? This is a typical guy stunt. Protect the helpless female, lead the bad guy away and send her scurrying for help." He put a hand on her cheek. "If he caught up to us and something happened to you… I don't know what I'd do." Her lips trembled, though she tried to look angry. "Macho garbage.
Maggie ShayneStichwörter: sweet
It's you Tempest I told her. Not her. It's been you all along. I'm sorry it took me so long to tell you.... I made her trust me to save you.
Maggie ShayneLook, I'm not a demon here. I don't eat babies or kick puppies. I just tell the truth." She
shrugged. "Can I help it if that makes the liars of the world angry?
You've felt guilty ever since, haven't you? That's why you're such a rogue reporter, with your exposés and your inside dirt. It's all backlash."
"You see right through me, Jones. I'm just a tortured soul, in search of redemption. So you wanna have sex with me now?"
The look on her face went from one of sympathetic understanding to one of disgust faster than his Porsche could go from zero to sixty.
"You are such an asshole."
"Ah, come on. I'm sure with the love of a good woman I could be whole again."
"Go to hell, MacKenzie."
"Been there. They threw me out 'cause I made the devil look good.
Maggie Shayne
Stichwörter: intelligence mind animal human-being
I don't like you, Jack. You know that, right ?"
"Right. No more than I like you, Brigham."
"And I'm not afraid of this thing. I'm not afraid of anything. You know that, too, right ?"
"I've never seen you scared. I can give you that."
Till now, he thought, but he didn't say that part aloud, mostly because it would piss her off and he was dying to see where the hell she was going with it.
"Good, just so we're clear on it. I wouldn't want you to take it the wrong way when I ask you to spend the night with me.
God, Brigham. You never told me you were a goddamn goddess.
Maggie ShayneI love you Utanapishtim. Ziasudra. And if I die tonight, my only regret will be that we didn't have more time together. And if I die a thousand years from now, my only regret will be exactly the same.
I love you, I love you. I love you
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