"If this is what you come up with when you're in a snit," he says, the word making the corner of his mouth lift in a slight smirk, "Then I should try to piss you off more often."
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"If this is what you come up with when you're in a snit," he says, the word making the corner of his mouth lift in a slight smirk, "Then I should try to piss you off more often."