Books were a lot less messy than orgasms.

“For a moment, staring down and realizing what I'd just done, I wanted to throw …”

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“If you don't have anything useful to offer, then get out of here and let us wai…”

“Later, I would ask Shaya to help me compose a formal response to Katrice's lett…”