“Oh, you didn’t mention getting pissed to me,” Daniel remarks.
“I wasn’t as pissed as much as I was stunned.”
“You were too pissed,” Zoë disagrees. “For three days you made me comb the place for stolen things, and I couldn’t even remember what was missing. You were miserable to live with.”
“What do you expect, he took me by surprise?”
“Did you try to find your thief?” Daniel asks.
“It was sort of silly to try,” Bella replies. “Jason Spector was not his real name, and no, the sheriff couldn’t find a trace of him in any direction. I was had, Daniel. Raped of my self-respect.”
“So, you were,” he agrees. “And there’s a lot of truth to what he said in his note.”
“Maybe so, but could we forget about it right now?”
“Sure. But I am going to spank you.”
“Daniel, no,” she drones.
“Why not?
