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Chapter 7 He Laughed
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"What?" I demanded.
"You look so guilty—like you've committed a crime.""I feel guilty," I muttered.
"So you seduced1 your all-too-willing husband. That's not a capital offense2."He seemed to be teasing.
My cheeks got hotter. "The word seduced implies a certain amount of premeditation.""Maybe that was the wrong word," he allowed.
"You're not angry?"He smiled ruefully. Tm not angry.""Why not?""Well. . ." He paused. "I didn't hurt you, for one thing. It was easier this time, to control myself, tochannel the excesses." His eyes flickered3 to the damaged frame again. "Maybe because I had a betteridea of what to expect."A hopeful smile started to spread across my face. "I told you that it was all about practice."He rolled his eyes.
My stomach growled6, and he laughed. "Breakfast time for the human?" he asked.
"Please," I said, hopping7 out of bed. I moved too quickly, though, and had to stagger drunkenly to regainmy balance. He caught me before I could stumble into the dresser.
"Are you all right?""If I don't have a better sense of equilibrium8 in my next life, I'm demanding a refund9."I cooked this morning, frying up some eggs—too hungry to do anything more elaborate. Impatient, Iflipped them onto a plate after just a few minutes.
"Since when do you eat eggs sunny-side up?" he asked.
"Since now.""Do you know how many eggs you've gone through in the last week?" He pulled the trash bin11 out fromunder the sink—it was full of empty blue cartons.
"Weird," I said after swallowing a scorching12 bite. "This place is messing with my appetite." And mydreams, and my already
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halfway
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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fixed
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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scooped
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v.抢先报道( scoop的过去式和过去分词 );(敏捷地)抱起;抢先获得;用铲[勺]等挖(洞等) | |
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scrolled
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adj.具有涡卷装饰的v.(电脑屏幕上)从上到下移动(资料等),卷页( scroll的过去式和过去分词 );(似卷轴般)卷起;(像展开卷轴般地)将文字显示于屏幕 | |
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